Kinky Friedman
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Kinky Friedman, who would be our contemporary Will Rogers if Will Rogers had been Jewish, smoked cigars, and foolish enough to believe he could govern the great state of Texas, returns with this collection of hilariously raunchy, sometimes poignant, and always insightful essays. With fearless wit and wisdom born from many a late nights experience, Kinky offers both pearls and cowpats that touch on life, death, and everything in between. Considering...
4) 'Scuse me while I whip this out: reflections on country singers, presidents, and other troublemakers
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
In this collection of twisted taks on life, the Kinkster gives us funny, irreverent, and insightful looks at outsized personalitites, from people he's known - Bill Clinton and George W. to Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, not to mention Joseph Heller and Don Imus - to people he's known in spirit - Moses, Jesus, Jack Ruby,. and Hank Williams.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 14
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Description
Once Kinky Friedman is finally convinced to travel to Hawaii to help find his missing friend Mike McGovern, he and his friends "Stephanie, Rambam, Hoover, and McCall set off on a perilous adventure involving ancient myths, sacrificial cults, totems, taboos, and the occasional lei."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 13
Formats
Description
Private detective Kinky Friedman accidentally acquires a beautiful woman's cosmetic bag while flying from Dallas to New York and finds himself the target of all sorts of nasty attention when he lands.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
From the author of such outrageous and hilarious books as Elvis, Jesus #38; Coca-Cola, and God Bless John Wayne--a new Kinky Friedman (no relation) detective story. Soon after he is hired by a lovely young woman to find her missing husband, Kinky smells a rat. But it's not until he's been shot by the D.C. police and locked in a burning limousine that he figures he may be the one with his tail in a trap.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Kinky Friedman, the prodigal poet of country music, the novelist the Chicago Tribune called "a hip hybrid of Groucho Marx and Sam Spade," the author/musician and all-around bad ol' boy who single-handedly aims to put the "pop" back into popular fiction, has written a tale of murder, mayhem, and mental hospital slippers that is guaranteed not only to please the legion of fans who love his music, but is sure to delight readers far and wide. If you want...
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Investigating the disappearance of an eleven-year-old autistic boy, Kinky Friedman is also challenged to discover the whereabouts of a missing cat and enlists the help of Steve Rambam, an octogenarian with poor eyesight.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
It's a case of malaria versus murder when private dick extraordinaire Kinky Friedman comes down with a tropical disease, in the jungle known as New York City, and is confined to his loft on Vandam Street in lower Manhattan, a prisoner in his own home with only his cat and black puppet head as company.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
In the wake of a series of Greenwich Village murders, Kinky Friedman finds himself targeted by police as the likely suspect and must identify the true killer from among the people who are closest to him.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Stricken with malaria in his Vandam Street home, an unwitting Kinky Friedman is attended to by the faithful Village Irregulars, but when he witnesses a crime from his window, questions about his feverish state of mind are raised.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
It's a case of missing kid and missing kitty when Kinky Friedman, private dick extraordinaire and animal lover nonpareil, attemps to find a young, autistic New York boy and a three-legged Texas cat named Lucky, both of who have disappeared.
Author
Series
Kinky Friedman mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Things get dicey after Kinky Friedman sends a bogus threatening note to proprietress Winnie Katz and the death threat turns all too real.