{"product_id":"mr-knowitall-9781472155214","title":"Mr KnowItAll","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one knows more about everything - especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling - than John Waters. The man in the pencil-thin mustache, auteur of the transgressive movie classics \u003ci\u003ePink Flamingos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolyester\u003c\/i\u003e, the original \u003ci\u003eHairspray\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCry-Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Dirty Shame\u003c\/i\u003e, is one of the world''s great sophisticates, and in \u003ci\u003eMr. Know-It-All\u003c\/i\u003e he serves it up raw: how to fail upward in Hollywood; how to develop musical taste from Nervous Norvus to Maria Callas; how to build a home so ugly and trendy that no one but you would dare live in it; more important, how to tell someone you love them without emotional risk; and yes, how to cheat death itself. Through it all, Waters swears by one undeniable truth: Whatever you might have heard, there is absolutely no downside to being famous. None at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudded with cameos of Waters''s stars, from Divine and Mink Stole to Johnny Depp, Kathleen Turner, Patricia Hearst, and Tracey Ullman, and i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays are\u003cb\u003e wildly discursive and funny.\u003c\/b\u003e * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThere are walk-on parts for the likes of Kathleen Turner (\"Sure, Kathleen liked a cocktail\") and Justin Bieber (who drew a Waters moustache on to his own hairless upper lip), and freewheeling musings on music and food. \u003cb\u003eWaters \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere is a raconteur on top form.\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eThis is the work of a\u003cb\u003e deliciously entertaining, irreverent genius\u003c\/b\u003e * Attitude magazine *\u003cbr\u003eEven if you've never seen a single frame of the sublimely trashy oeuvre of director John Waters, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr-Know-it-All\u003c\/i\u003e is this year's standout film autobiography. \u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408730497367,"sku":"9781472155214","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472155214.jpg?v=1730503992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mr-knowitall-9781472155214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}