Sutter Lee’s Reviews > Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America > Status Update

It's been necessary to suspend belief. That's right. Too unbelievable for nonfiction.
If our finest writers were asked to tell the tallest tales possible, no paranormal allowed, I doubt that any of them could top Walters' hilarious stories. His hitchhiking road trip leaves Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" snorting exhaust fumes.

It's been necessary to suspend belief. That's right. Too unbelievable for nonfiction.If our finest writers were asked to tell the tallest tales possible, no paranormal allowed, I doubt that any of them could top Walters' hilarious stories. His hitchhiking road trip leaves Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" snorting exhaust fumes. Unexpectedly hilarious.

250 more pages of suspending belief. That's right. It's an easier read if I believe it is fiction. Were our finest writers challenged to tell the tallest tales they could, without delving into the paranormal, I doubt any of them could top Waters' stories. His hitchhiking road trip leaves Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and Tom Wolfe's "Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" in exhaust fumes. Hilarious.