by John Waters
This is my second book with FSG, and I’m spoiled. What a great team! Jonathan Galassi, my editor, never doubted I’d make it, and when I was halfway through the trip, stuck on some godforsaken entrance ramp, his encouraging texts were all I needed to keep going. Susan Goldfarb is a patient and expert production editor (I challenge you to find even one typo in Role Models), and working with her again was a privilege. Ellis Levine gave me focused legal advice, and every time I do a book with him I learn. I’d also like to thank him for never mentioning my singing asshole in our discussion in a legal or nonlegal way.
But more than anything, I’d like to praise the drivers who picked me up. If I ever hear another elitist jerk use the term flyover people, I’ll punch him in the mouth. My riders were brave and open-minded, and their down-to-earth kindness gave me new faith in how decent Americans can be. They are the only heroes in this book.
ALSO BY JOHN WATERS
Role Models
Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste
Art: A Sex Book (with Bruce Hainley)
Pink Flamingos and Other Filth
Hairspray, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs
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First edition, 2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Waters, John, 1946–
Carsick / John Waters. — First edition.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-374-29863-0 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-374-70930-3 (ebook)
1. Waters, John, 1946– Travel—United States. 2. Motion picture producers and directors—United States—Biography. 3. Hitchhiking—United States. 4. United States—Description and travel. 5. United States—Social life and customs—21st century—Humor. I. Title.
PN1998.3.W38 A3 2014
791.4302'33092—dc23
[B]
2013034093
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The characters of Johnny Davenport, Connie Francis, and Paula Baniszewski portrayed in this work are used fictitiously.
