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Kinky Friedman #10
Roadkill
Who would slap an Indian curse on a good ol' boy like country singer Willie Nelson? Probably the same person who's been firing shots into Willie's hotel room and sending nasty notes promising the cowboy crooner a one-way ticket to the big rodeo in the sky. Could it have something to do with the medicine man who got run over by Willie's tour bus one dark night? If anyone can find out, it's ace troubleshooter and well-known troublemaker Kinky Friedman--on the road again in his tenth wickedly funny, off-the-wall mystery caper.
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256 pages, Paperback
First published December 12, 1998
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Kinky Friedman
68 books286 followersRichard S. "Kinky" Friedman is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the six-person race.
Friedman was born in Chicago to Jewish parents, Dr. S. Thomas Friedman and his wife Minnie (Samet) Friedman. The family moved to a ranch in central Texas a few years later. Friedman had an early interest in both music and chess, and was chosen at age 7 as one of 50 local players to challenge U.S. grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky to simultaneous matches in Houston. Reshevsky won all 50 matches, but Friedman was by far the youngest competitor.
Friedman graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas in 1962 and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966, majoring in Psychology. He took part in the Plan II Honors program and was a member of the Tau Delta Phi fraternity. During his freshman year, Chinga Chavin gave Friedman the nickname "Kinky" because of his curly hair.
Friedman served two years in the United States Peace Corps, teaching on Borneo in Malaysia with John Gross. During his service in the Peace Corps, he met future Texas Jewboy road manager Dylan Ferrero, with whom he still works today. Friedman lives at Echo Hill Ranch, his family's summer camp near Kerrville, Texas. He founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, also located near Kerrville, whose mission is to care for stray, abused and aging animals; more than 1,000 dogs have been saved from animal euthanasia.
Series:
* Kinky Friedman Mystery
Friedman was born in Chicago to Jewish parents, Dr. S. Thomas Friedman and his wife Minnie (Samet) Friedman. The family moved to a ranch in central Texas a few years later. Friedman had an early interest in both music and chess, and was chosen at age 7 as one of 50 local players to challenge U.S. grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky to simultaneous matches in Houston. Reshevsky won all 50 matches, but Friedman was by far the youngest competitor.
Friedman graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas in 1962 and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966, majoring in Psychology. He took part in the Plan II Honors program and was a member of the Tau Delta Phi fraternity. During his freshman year, Chinga Chavin gave Friedman the nickname "Kinky" because of his curly hair.
Friedman served two years in the United States Peace Corps, teaching on Borneo in Malaysia with John Gross. During his service in the Peace Corps, he met future Texas Jewboy road manager Dylan Ferrero, with whom he still works today. Friedman lives at Echo Hill Ranch, his family's summer camp near Kerrville, Texas. He founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, also located near Kerrville, whose mission is to care for stray, abused and aging animals; more than 1,000 dogs have been saved from animal euthanasia.
Series:
* Kinky Friedman Mystery
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November 18, 2007
I got this book when I was forced by my mother to attend the big Austin Book Fair. I actually met Kinky. He asked me why I looked so angry, and I told him that it was because my mother was an unreasonable and psychotic woman. He said, well you might not always feel that way, or hell, maybe you will. I thought he was refreshingly honest and funny. So, I decided to actually read the book.
I was 15 and grounded for life for lying to her. I had no use of my phone, I was not allowed to leave the house except for school and basketball practice, and this book was my only joy. I don't even really remember what it was about, but I remember loving it.
I was 15 and grounded for life for lying to her. I had no use of my phone, I was not allowed to leave the house except for school and basketball practice, and this book was my only joy. I don't even really remember what it was about, but I remember loving it.
March 25, 2024
This is my first time reading Friedman though I was aware of some of his songs and his reputation. This seemed (and probably was) an easy jumping on point as you don’t really need to know anything except maybe who Willie Nelson is.
It was an easy jumping on point - Willie is missing amid a slew of death threats) and maybe I should have dove deeper for a first read. But it’s a fun (attempted) murder mystery.
It’s a very quick read with the kind of humor that never makes you laugh out loud but smirk throughout. I know Friedman has been doing this since the mid 80s and the style (exaggerated autobiography) is nowhere near as fresh as it could have been back then. His style here is not a million miles away from Hiassen, Lansdale, Leyner or even, say Christopher Moore.
That probably softens the effect. I did enjoy the book and I do want to read Friedman again.
August 12, 2021
Not the best of Kinky's novels. The plot is often strained and you really have to be a Willie Nelson fan for much it to make sense.
May 18, 2017
I enjoyed listening to 'some' songs by the Kinkster a while back. As a musician he is okay, as a writer he is okay as a musician.
December 15, 2024
I wanted to like this book so much more than I did, on paper it should be my new favourite. It's a zany mystery caper set on Willie Nelson's tour bus! With country singer Kinky Friedman turned private investigator on the case! It's a fun & easy read that has a lot of funny turns of phrase that made me chuckle and quotable sentences* I dog-eared! It initially reminded me of Tales From The Tour Bus meets Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently series meets Festival Man! But as it went on & on I cared less & less until I was just skimming everything to get to the lukewarm end. How did that happen!!?? It's like when you think you've met The One but in the morning light you realize it was just a so-so one night stand and he wasn’t funny you were just sleep deprived and he wasn’t hot you were just drunk. This was my first foray into Kinky Friedman and I know he has written a shit-ton of books so if there are any others you would recommend I'd love to hear and might give another one a whirl because even though I didn’t love this one I still feel like they should be right up my alley.
*Some of the quotable sentences I liked:
*Some of the quotable sentences I liked:
"There's nothing wrong with periodically getting phone calls at three o'clock in the morning. It's when you stop getting them you should be worried. It means you're either dead or you're a mature adult and there may not be as much difference between the two lifestyles as many people think"
"I loved all of Tom T. Hall's songs and both of his melodies"
August 22, 2013
Truculent, subversive, hilarious
August 10, 2015
I hadn't read Kinky Friedman since high school.
He was just as funny and inappropriate as I remember.
Awesome little mystery!
He was just as funny and inappropriate as I remember.
Awesome little mystery!
June 3, 2015
Ok, it's not Hemingway. But I read this book on vacation and it was funny, easy to read, and clever. That's worth five stars in my book.
December 1, 2024
Nja, man ska nog vara väldigt intresserad av countrymusik för att riktigt falla för den här.
July 12, 2024
Kinky Friedman died this month. As Kinky himself would say, he’s now walking a rainbow. As a minor tribute to Kinky, I read an autographed, first edition of his novel, ROAD KILL, published in 1997.
Basic Plot: Willie Nelson is so troubled he invites Kinky Friedman, former country-western singer and amateur detective, to ride his tour bus, the Honeysuckle Rose. Whatever’s troubling Willie, he refuses to talk about it. Talking to Willie’s bandmates, Kinky ascertains Willie started acting strangely when the Honeysuckle Rose hit and killed an Indian. Two weeks later, some guy hands a buckskin-wrapped package to one of Willie’s people with instructions to give it to Willie. Seeing what is inside, Willie is convinced the dead Indian will come back and kill him.
Kinky takes it upon himself to keep the living legend among the living, and to find out who’s behind the threat to reduce Willie to Road Kill. Kinky enlists people from the music world and from his New York “Irregulars” to help him solve the case.
Ultimately, Kinky and associates narrow the possible miscreants to someone who wants everyone to think Indians want to kill Willie; and to two of Willie’s ex-wives.
Hold the weddin’! Even more ultimately, we the readers don’t really care who’s trying to kill Willie. It’s the bus ride not the encore that matters.
Kinky makes fun of everyone (real persons) except for Willie’s sister, Bobbie Nelson. Bobbie, apparently, is off-limits. But Willie, Bob Dylan, John Wayne, and Joe the Hyena are fair game, (but not to Joe the Hyena’s face, if you catch my drift).
The novel has five parts. At the beginning of each part is a quote. While most are wasted on people like Winston Churchill, one is from a song called “Dallas, Texas,” by the world’s best country-bluegrass band, The Austin Lounge Lizards:
“I’m going back to Dallas, Texas, to see if anything could be worse than losing you.”
Thank you, Kinky.
I love when writers incorporate my favorite musical acts in their stories.
One walk-on is another personal favorite, Sammy Allred of the Geezinslaws, the only band that can compete with the Austin Lounge Lizards as the world’s best country-bluegrass band. Early on (but not that early on), Willie’s daughter, Lana, introduces a “fashionably dressed, very good-looking young man” to Kinky and Sammy. The man says “Howdy” with “a fish handshake all around.” (That’s not a compliment).
“Trevor’s an actor in Hollywood,” says Lana.
“Really?” says Sammy. “What restaurant?”
Goodnight, nurse. I love that line.
Later, in introducing David Allan Coe at a concert in a rain storm with the stage covered in water, Sammy informs us David Allan Coe spent several years on death row. Sammy says, “I told him, ‘David, you may get electrocuted yet.’” David didn’t think that was funny. I did.
Kinky has a way with words and works in lyrics from Willie’s songs into the story, often in the middle of a sentence like they naturally fit there. It’s fascinating to read.
He also drops in pop culture references (that were pop culture references in 1997). One caught me off-guard and I laughed. A fellow investigator, Rambam, finds a bullet casing (from an attempt to murder the wrong person). Rambam says he hasn’t seen one like it in a while, but “it looks like it’s been hanging around in Don Knott’s pocket for about thirty-five years.” Rambam, right between the eyes.
If you’re a Kinky Friedman fan, or a Willie Nelson fan, or if you’ve ever been a musician who traveled the road, you must read Road Kill.
They don’t publish books like this anymore. Truth be told, they didn’t publish books like this even when they did.
When the case is resolved, Willie and his band are on the road again.
My rating is Five Stars.
Thank you for being an American (if you are, in fact, an American).
Basic Plot: Willie Nelson is so troubled he invites Kinky Friedman, former country-western singer and amateur detective, to ride his tour bus, the Honeysuckle Rose. Whatever’s troubling Willie, he refuses to talk about it. Talking to Willie’s bandmates, Kinky ascertains Willie started acting strangely when the Honeysuckle Rose hit and killed an Indian. Two weeks later, some guy hands a buckskin-wrapped package to one of Willie’s people with instructions to give it to Willie. Seeing what is inside, Willie is convinced the dead Indian will come back and kill him.
Kinky takes it upon himself to keep the living legend among the living, and to find out who’s behind the threat to reduce Willie to Road Kill. Kinky enlists people from the music world and from his New York “Irregulars” to help him solve the case.
Ultimately, Kinky and associates narrow the possible miscreants to someone who wants everyone to think Indians want to kill Willie; and to two of Willie’s ex-wives.
Hold the weddin’! Even more ultimately, we the readers don’t really care who’s trying to kill Willie. It’s the bus ride not the encore that matters.
Kinky makes fun of everyone (real persons) except for Willie’s sister, Bobbie Nelson. Bobbie, apparently, is off-limits. But Willie, Bob Dylan, John Wayne, and Joe the Hyena are fair game, (but not to Joe the Hyena’s face, if you catch my drift).
The novel has five parts. At the beginning of each part is a quote. While most are wasted on people like Winston Churchill, one is from a song called “Dallas, Texas,” by the world’s best country-bluegrass band, The Austin Lounge Lizards:
“I’m going back to Dallas, Texas, to see if anything could be worse than losing you.”
Thank you, Kinky.
I love when writers incorporate my favorite musical acts in their stories.
One walk-on is another personal favorite, Sammy Allred of the Geezinslaws, the only band that can compete with the Austin Lounge Lizards as the world’s best country-bluegrass band. Early on (but not that early on), Willie’s daughter, Lana, introduces a “fashionably dressed, very good-looking young man” to Kinky and Sammy. The man says “Howdy” with “a fish handshake all around.” (That’s not a compliment).
“Trevor’s an actor in Hollywood,” says Lana.
“Really?” says Sammy. “What restaurant?”
Goodnight, nurse. I love that line.
Later, in introducing David Allan Coe at a concert in a rain storm with the stage covered in water, Sammy informs us David Allan Coe spent several years on death row. Sammy says, “I told him, ‘David, you may get electrocuted yet.’” David didn’t think that was funny. I did.
Kinky has a way with words and works in lyrics from Willie’s songs into the story, often in the middle of a sentence like they naturally fit there. It’s fascinating to read.
He also drops in pop culture references (that were pop culture references in 1997). One caught me off-guard and I laughed. A fellow investigator, Rambam, finds a bullet casing (from an attempt to murder the wrong person). Rambam says he hasn’t seen one like it in a while, but “it looks like it’s been hanging around in Don Knott’s pocket for about thirty-five years.” Rambam, right between the eyes.
If you’re a Kinky Friedman fan, or a Willie Nelson fan, or if you’ve ever been a musician who traveled the road, you must read Road Kill.
They don’t publish books like this anymore. Truth be told, they didn’t publish books like this even when they did.
When the case is resolved, Willie and his band are on the road again.
My rating is Five Stars.
Thank you for being an American (if you are, in fact, an American).
September 20, 2021
The star of this book, and probably all of Kinky Friedman's books, is Kinky Friedman. His writing is stellar, vocabulary extraordinaire, but also gross. Gauche. Raunchy. Disgusting...going to the dumper, means taking a dump. And that's mild. There's a lot of 'hosing' going on in this book, and I will not describe what that term is referencing.
There is a story, sort of, a plot- involved. Someone was accidentally run down by Willie Nelson's tour bus and the rest of the book deals with retribution for the act. Who, why, where, how. None of it makes much sense to me until the end when the 'mystery'- so to speak- is disclosed. Of course, I would not reveal it, even if I could explain it.
Nevertheless, despite the plot, the characters are interesting and for the most part humorous when they are not disgusting, and Kinky is one kinky person to get to know - at least through his writings.
There is a story, sort of, a plot- involved. Someone was accidentally run down by Willie Nelson's tour bus and the rest of the book deals with retribution for the act. Who, why, where, how. None of it makes much sense to me until the end when the 'mystery'- so to speak- is disclosed. Of course, I would not reveal it, even if I could explain it.
Nevertheless, despite the plot, the characters are interesting and for the most part humorous when they are not disgusting, and Kinky is one kinky person to get to know - at least through his writings.
September 1, 2025
Found this at the resale shop along with a collection of Kinky Friedman books. I picked this one to read first because it included Willie Nelson on the back cover and you can't go wrong if its got Willie in it. Kinky has a way with words....it was funny, philosophical and a good mystery.
P. 41...."There is a time in all our lives, I reflected, for us to see the gypsies in our mirrors. Generations of people of all races and cultures have distrusted and persecuted gypsies and sent them on their way...The Germans gladly would have killed as many gypsies as they did Jews, and ...yet both tribes escaped extinction.....God refused to let the Jews be destroyed because He knew that sooner or later someone was going to require the services of Robert Shapiro. God did not let the Germans be destroyed because he knew that sooner or later Robert Shapiro would require their services to make repairs on his BMW."
(Who is Robert Shapiro?)
P. 41...."There is a time in all our lives, I reflected, for us to see the gypsies in our mirrors. Generations of people of all races and cultures have distrusted and persecuted gypsies and sent them on their way...The Germans gladly would have killed as many gypsies as they did Jews, and ...yet both tribes escaped extinction.....God refused to let the Jews be destroyed because He knew that sooner or later someone was going to require the services of Robert Shapiro. God did not let the Germans be destroyed because he knew that sooner or later Robert Shapiro would require their services to make repairs on his BMW."
(Who is Robert Shapiro?)
April 28, 2020
While i've heard the name kinky friedman in passing for years i know almost nothing about him and this is the first book of his i have read. that said- it was fun and quirky and because it has to do with willie nelson who i have gotten to work for as a runner a few times (although never gotten to meet one on one- just in passing) it was that more interesting. i did get to spend about 3 hours in a van driving paul english back and forth from the venue to the hotel and based on the stories he told me i don't doubt a single thing that kinky says about willie in this novel. the only negative side to kinky's writing is that it is very 'dated'. in other words, if you didn't live during his time period you are going to miss almost all the jokes and references of which there are a lot. i'm 45 and i think i only got about half of them.
December 21, 2021
If you love Kinky, you'll love this one. If you think Kinky is too whatever, then skip this one, too. Me, I love Kinky - his music and his books and I loved Road Kill (but, even I think it wasn't as good as Armadillos and Old Lace which was his best). The Kinkster is called in to find out if Willie Nelson is in danger or not. Yep, it's another Kinky adventure.
March 7, 2018
A really good story with some unexpected twists and turns. I'm looking forward to reading more of Kinky's books. I like the imagery of the walk up apartment and some of the furnishings are amazing.
February 3, 2025
Absolutely hilarious. My first Kinky read. On the road with the real Willie Nelson on the Honeysuckle Rose trying to protect the Red Headed Stranger from danger. I'm sure Willie read this on the bus while puffing a j and laughing his heinie off.
June 16, 2020
Totally loved this one, the laughs and also all the country music trivia.
April 14, 2021
I might have read this before but totally forgotten what the plot was. Anyways, it was refreshing to read Friedman again - but I have to admit that I am ready to read some more adult prose now.
October 5, 2021
Potty humor, 70s Texas Music references, flimsy but enjoyable plot line who could ask for anything more. Gotta love Kinky!
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November 14, 2010
This writer, by far, is one of the funniest that I have read in a very long time. Mr. Friedman has a very sharp wit, a caustic sense of humor and loves a good play on words."Road Kill" was a fantastic, fast-paced, lighthearted mystery with plenty of humor thrown in for good measure.
The story takes place in New York, as well as Texas and, later, in Hawaii. Mr. Friedman, writing about himself as a P.I., looks at himself in the mirror one day, seeing a Gypsy staring back at him. The gypsy strongly suggests that he go on a trip with a friend to get out of New York City. That is just what he does. Oddly enough, he gets a call from his old pal, Willie Nelson, who asks him to come on the road with him for a while.Kinky leaves his cat with the two lesbian dancers upstairs. And away he goes...
once on the road, in Willie's bus, the story unfolds and the plot thickens; only then do we find out why kinky is there, obviously to help solve a real mystery , perhaps, save Willie's life.
I won't ruin the story for you, but I will say, that if you pick up this book and read it, you will not be disappointed. If you need a good laugh, read it today. Mr. Friedman writes in a style similar to Paul Levine, another fantastically funny, lighthearted, fast-paced mystery writer. Perhaps, one day, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Levine will consider a collaboration. So pick up this book, settle back, and get ready for a good laugh. Treat yourself today...
The story takes place in New York, as well as Texas and, later, in Hawaii. Mr. Friedman, writing about himself as a P.I., looks at himself in the mirror one day, seeing a Gypsy staring back at him. The gypsy strongly suggests that he go on a trip with a friend to get out of New York City. That is just what he does. Oddly enough, he gets a call from his old pal, Willie Nelson, who asks him to come on the road with him for a while.Kinky leaves his cat with the two lesbian dancers upstairs. And away he goes...
once on the road, in Willie's bus, the story unfolds and the plot thickens; only then do we find out why kinky is there, obviously to help solve a real mystery , perhaps, save Willie's life.
I won't ruin the story for you, but I will say, that if you pick up this book and read it, you will not be disappointed. If you need a good laugh, read it today. Mr. Friedman writes in a style similar to Paul Levine, another fantastically funny, lighthearted, fast-paced mystery writer. Perhaps, one day, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Levine will consider a collaboration. So pick up this book, settle back, and get ready for a good laugh. Treat yourself today...
July 7, 2012
Kinky Friedman "on the road again" with Willie Nelson
Read by Kinky Friedman.
Duration: about 3 hours.
Abridged.
Kinky, feeling like he has to get out of New York City for a change of pace, jumps at the chance to ride with Willie Nelson for part of his tour. However, Willie is not acting like himself and soon one of Willie's roadies is shot. Kinky looks into it and crazy characters from Willie's life spill into Kinky's seriously odd world of friends.
The mystery in Roadkill is not too hard, but it is worth the listen just to hear Friedman's odd twists of phrase. Lots of fun.
An audiobook note: I was disappointed to discover that Willie Nelson did not read his own parts in the book. He has read audiobooks before and this seemed like a natural fit.
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Read by Kinky Friedman.
Duration: about 3 hours.
Abridged.
Kinky, feeling like he has to get out of New York City for a change of pace, jumps at the chance to ride with Willie Nelson for part of his tour. However, Willie is not acting like himself and soon one of Willie's roadies is shot. Kinky looks into it and crazy characters from Willie's life spill into Kinky's seriously odd world of friends.
The mystery in Roadkill is not too hard, but it is worth the listen just to hear Friedman's odd twists of phrase. Lots of fun.
An audiobook note: I was disappointed to discover that Willie Nelson did not read his own parts in the book. He has read audiobooks before and this seemed like a natural fit.
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July 3, 2015
Here's the thing. I actually didn't read this book before. I would remember it. And I certainly didn't read it in 2013. I just finished it now. So I don't know why it is on here but that's not the point. The point is this isn't one of his best as far as plot. It is actually not very interesting at all. But the writing, man. The writing. No one can turn a phrase, create metaphors and mix them like Kinky can. I am stunned by how he can get deep inside a person's soul and understands the condition of the human condition. But yeah, this isn't about the story. The story just helps move the words along.
February 18, 2008
If you want to read one Kinky "Big Dick" Friedman novel, try this one. Besides the usual three-laff-a-page Kinkyisms, it actually does get to the heart of the genius of Willie Nelson--who is the focus of the book and the target of its villains. What an ending, too. If you are both a hardcore Willie and Kinky fan, get the Kinky tribute CD Why the Hell Not? (with covers by Willie, Todd Snider, Lyle Lovett, and Dwight Yoakam) and the DVD of Willie and Kinky on Charlie Rose promoting it (Kinky blows cigar smoke across every third frame).
June 7, 2015
I like kinky. I also like Kinky Friedman.
In this story Kinky has to help out his friend Willie Nelson. I assume they are friends in real-life, but with Kinky you never know. It's possible that the friendship is just a product of Kinky's unusual imagination.
In any case, it wouldn't be bad if, in future Friedman novels, Willie became Kinky's partner in crime-solving. They make a good team.
But I guess Willie is too busy making great music and smoking copious amounts of weed for any of that nonsense.
In this story Kinky has to help out his friend Willie Nelson. I assume they are friends in real-life, but with Kinky you never know. It's possible that the friendship is just a product of Kinky's unusual imagination.
In any case, it wouldn't be bad if, in future Friedman novels, Willie became Kinky's partner in crime-solving. They make a good team.
But I guess Willie is too busy making great music and smoking copious amounts of weed for any of that nonsense.
December 31, 2016
What happens when the Kinkster sees a reflection of himself as a gypsy in the mirror? Why he goes on the road to help Willie Nelson discover who's got it out for him - an Indian curse perhaps? As usual, the mix of Kinkster's sidekicks (such as Ratso) travel the country trying to track down Willie's tormentor as Kinky's cat watches in usual boredom (or is it dislike of people - we can never tell with his cat).
Something about Kinky #10 was flat for me - not one of his best. It felt more like a tribute to Willie Nelson as a friend than a detective novel.
Something about Kinky #10 was flat for me - not one of his best. It felt more like a tribute to Willie Nelson as a friend than a detective novel.
February 18, 2009
This is one of the funniest books you will ever read. Written in a suspenseful manner and starring Willie Nelson and his joint that is the size of a kosher salami, Roadkill will have your sides hurting from beginning to end. This is one of those books that you will want to read cover to cover without putting it down.
May 23, 2015
This book was published in 1997, so it was fun seeing a sleuth work before the days of ubiquitous cell phones and other gadgets we take for granted today. Loved the characters--especially the connection with Willie Nelson--and the dialogue. Found the sleuthing to be a big passive for my taste, but overall a good story.
January 8, 2016
I'm torn between 2 and 3 stars, but decided it's not Kinky's fault that this book wasn't my cup of tea. If there is such a thing as dude lit this is it. I enjoyed some of the humor and can recognize the author's writing skills. Kinky is a great storyteller- I just found that I didn't care much about the story or the outcome.
June 10, 2025
I have a stack of Kinky Friedman's books that I always keep nearby. Great for reading when I don't have anything new at hand. Easy, funny reads - he has a unique sense of humor and a sublime way of writing that definitely pairs with mine. I have read this one so many times as a "tweener" and never tire of it or any of his other books. If I lived in Texas, he would have had my vote.
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