It's John Waters, what do you expect? The book is vulgar, gross, disgusting and completely crazy, but in a good way. A serial suitcase thief/con artist rips off her mother, who has a dog with species-identity issues, and her daughter, who is a member of a radical outlaw trampoline group, in a quest to kill her ex-husband. Yes, it is mostly hilarious. Unfortunately, it ran about three or four chapters too long in a final bus ride to a most boring conclusion.

If you have never seen a John Waters film, you will have a hard time with his novel.

I wanted to give it 4 stars, but rounded down to 3, due to the rough ending.