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Everyone needs their ultimate flagship book of wisdom and life instruction. For some, it's the Tao Te Ching. For others, it's The Prophet. I know people who even take solace in that one Jesus book. On a more asthetic level, I think we all choose one book in our youth that colors how we want to look at the world and how we want to be seen. Think On the Road . The Bell Jar. Catcher in the Rye. For me, well, John Waters' Shock Value fits the latter requirement, and maybe even a little bit of the former. Waters explains the infamous crudeness of his work with such charming articulation and understated wit that at the end of your first readthrough of his book (believe me, you'll read it again and again), you'll be chucking out all your Nora Ephron DVDs to make room on your movie shelf for "Multiple Maniacs" and the collected films of Russ Meyer. Waters' philosophy is exactly what he puts into his movies - outsiders are the heroes of the world, and to lead a "normal" live is to lead a boring life (not to mention "normal" people usually tend to be far more dysfunctional than a typical flag-waving freak). His manifesto is tight as a drum in this book, which is damn near thirty years old and still as edgy and clever as ever. READ THIS. NOW. Own it. Learn it. Live it.