cover image Encyclopedia of Bad Taste: A Celebration of American Pop Culture at Its Most Joyfully...........

Encyclopedia of Bad Taste: A Celebration of American Pop Culture at Its Most Joyfully...........

Jane Stern. HarperCollins Publishers, $20 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-092121-7

Lava lamps, Hawaiian shirts, accordion music and outlandish performer Charo are among the kitschy or lowbrow people, places and things affectionately featured in this entertaining, colorful reference book. Illustrated. $50,000 ad/promo. (Oct.)no PW rev