'I couldn't put it down, like a bomb singing me a lullaby. . . Marsha is probably the funniest villain I've ever read, and I was cheering for her the whole way through. Like all of John's work, this was true comedy' Ottessa Moshfegh, author of My Year of Rest and Relaxation A hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction from the brilliantly twisted mind of John Waters, the legendary filmmaker and bestselling author of Mr. Know-It-All. Marsha Sprinkle: Suitcase thief. Scammer. Master of disguise. Dogs and children hate her. Her own family wants her dead. She's smart, she's desperate, she's disturbed, and she's on the run with a big chip on her shoulder. They call her Liarmouth?until one insane man makes her tell the truth. Liarmouth , the first novel by John Waters, is a perfectly perverted "feel- bad romance," and the reader will thrill to hop aboard this delirious road trip of riotous revenge. 'Waters is undoubtedly among the greatest American comedians of all time' Far Out _ 'Like any true weirdo, [Waters] seems to consider himself normal. When you read a book like this, you're wandering into a maze of anarchy that is fully legible only to its creator' _The New York Times