Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Prologue: Suburbia’s Favorite Artist

Chapter 2: Gray Flannel Suit: The Reinvention of Walter Keane

Chapter 3: Margaret: Life Before Walter

Chapter 4: An Evening at the Hungry i: North Beach Beginnings

Chapter 5: Waif World: Big Eyes, Big Money

Chapter 6: The Split: Going Their Separate Ways

Chapter 7: Down and Out in La Jolla: Walter’s Last Stand

Chapter 8: Epilogue: Tomorrow Forever

Promotional Information

Published to coincide with the release of the major motion picture, Big Eyes, directed by Tim Burton
Extensive author tour
Excerpt in BoingBoing, Vice
Posters and postcards

About the Author

Cletus Nelson: Cletus Nelson is a contributor to books published by Process Media, The Disinformation Company, and Creation Press.
Adam Parfrey is the editor of Apocalypse Culture, Apocalypse Culture II, It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines, the Postwar Pulps, and co-editor of Sin-a-Rama: Sleaze Paperbacks of the '60s. He is the co-writer (with Craig Heimbichner) of Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and their Influence on American Society, and (with Maja D'Aoust) The Secret Source: The Law of Attraction and its Hermetic Influence Throughout the Ages, (with Brendan Mullen and Don Bolles) Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and The Germs. Adam also wrote the compilation Cult Rapture, which contained his early feature article on the crazy Keane story.

Reviews

"This stunning investigative report pulls back the curtain of maudlin decorative kitsch to reveal the hedonistic and depraved stylings of a true american mountebank” — Frank Kozik

"This stunning investigative report pulls back the curtain of maudlin decorative kitsch to reveal the hedonistic and depraved stylings of a true american mountebank” — Frank Kozik