Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black is the only story collection from the legendary writer,actress,ex-biker and columnist Cookie Mueller,published in the UK for the first time.Mueller chronicles her high-risk,high-reward life in glorious technicolour,from becoming a part of John Waters'legendary acting troupe to becoming a mother,from describing the hedonism of 1980s New York to critiquing the government's dire response to the AIDS epidemic. Cookie's voice is fresh,wise,freewheeling and unafraid of darkness. Like a lysergic Nora Ephron,she is the candid flipside to the idealistic hippie dream. Whether good,bad or ugly,her stories are fiercely entertaining and reliably honest.Featuring a new introduction by Olivia Laing,this edition collects Mueller's stories,columns and writings,and presents a testament to a life lived courageously and well.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781838858483Number of pages: 432Weight: 287 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mmEdition: Main - Canons
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A how-to manual for a life ricocheting joyously off the rails...a live corrective to conformity,conservatism and crueltyCookie Mueller wrote like a lunatic Uncle Remus - spinning little stories from Hell that will make any reader laugh out loud. She was a writer,a mother,an outlaw,an actress,a fashion designer,a go-go dancer,a witch doctor,an art-hag and,above all,a goddess. Boy,do I miss that girlPeople fall in love with Cookie when they read her...She was a matchless beautician of the wordUtterly fearless and stunning
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Visit the Cookie Mueller author pageOlivia Laing
Olivia Laing is an award-winning British writer,novelist and cultural critic. Her latest book Funny Weather: Art in Emergency is published in April 2020.
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