Multiple Maniacs
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Multiple Maniacs
Multiple Maniacs
A very John Waters traveling show, replete with freaks, robbery, murder, sex, blasphemy, and savage shellfish - a lurid, surreal celebration of camp and trash.
A very John Waters traveling show, replete with freaks, robbery, murder, sex, blasphemy, and savage shellfish-a lurid, surreal celebration of camp and trash.
The Cavalcade of Perversion is a travelling show run by Lady Divine and a crew of her fellow degenerates. They have to drag suburban housewives into each vile, tasteless performance—only to rob them at gunpoint at the end of each show.
When Divine gets bored of the routine and graduates to murdering the attendees one day, it sets her off on a rampage, hunting down her cheating lover, Mr. David, and unleashing a chain of frenzy, a truly blasphemous sex act, and a surreal violation by a giant lobster.
Multiple Maniacs is John Waters' paean to the glories of trash. As Lady Divine chants as she marches proudly into downtown Baltimore at the end of the movie, "I'm a maniac! A maniac that cannot be cured! O Divine, I am Di-vine!"
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781250371317
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 November 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Picador USA
Illustration: 19 Black-and-White Images in Text
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 191.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 96
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About the Author
John Waters is a writer, a film director, an actor, and a visual artist best known for his films, including Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, and Serial Mom. He is the author of the national bestsellers Role Models, Carsick, and Mr. Know-It-All. His spoken-word shows This Filthy World, False Negative, End of the World, and A John Waters Christmas continue to be performed around the world. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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