Here's Waters introducing us to his latest batch of freaks. Quick caution to our listeners - it's a John Waters story, so it contains graphic sexual language.ĪNDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: There are times when reading the novel 'Liarmouth' feels like delirium, which is to say it feels like a John Waters movie.
John Waters has written his first novel - it's titled 'Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance' - and he spoke to NPR's Andrew Limbong about it. John Waters is still trying to break boundaries - just like BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. John Waters's breakout film hit, 'Pink Flamingos,' came out 50 years ago, and for all its gratuitous sex and graphic content, it was recently chosen by the Library of Congress to join the National Film Registry.
