Roadkill [Import] [Paperback]

Kinky Friedman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Faber and Faber (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571192416
• ISBN-13: 978-0571192410
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,064,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yaaaayyyy! Kinky discover what a plot is again!, September 8, 1997

By 

Author Bill Peschel "Writers Gone Wild" (Hershey, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ROADKILL (Kinky Friedman Novels) (Hardcover)

Read the Kirkus Review for the story summary, so I'll cut to the chase here. Kinky tells a lot of road stories about Willie Nelson, Tom T. Hall ("loved all his songs and both his melodies") and offers a ribald quote from Kris Kristofferson about Farrah Fawcett-Majors that will make you spit milk through your nose. These stories make "Roadkill" a far more entertaining book than "The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover" in which he seemed to spend far too much time talking about himself. Kinky is capable of spinning a mystery plot -- "A Case of Lone Star" is still his best -- but "Roadkill" shows Kinky can be ribaldly funny, still capable of making the inner 13-year-old boy on some of us laugh out loud

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The kinkster is back to please his fans &outrage his critics, July 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: ROADKILL (Kinky Friedman Novels) (Hardcover)

Talk about being in a funk (and not being George Clinton). Kinky
Friedman's career as the New York City Sherlock Holmes is going no where;
his love life has no pulse; and when he looks into a mirror, he sees a
street corner philosopher mouthing trivia B.S. staring back at him. Kinky
realizes that it is time to put the show on the road to regain his mental
health. When his old friend Willie Nelson invites him to go on tour with
the band, the Kinkster feels that his life has turned around. However, from
almost the minute Kinky enters the surreal world of Willie, it is obvious
that something troubles the country legend. Everyone on tour expects Kinky
to find out what has upset Willie's karma and fix it.

After a little careful sleuthing and a talk with Willie to confirm his
findings, Kinky realizes that the man believes that he has been cursed by
an Indian shaman and is waiting to die. The Kinkster is determined to pull
his friend out his funk, but before he can begin, a band member takes a
bullet intended for Willie. Indian curse or something more mundane like a
person with a grudge, the private detective plans to ferret out the truth.

In a world slowly being bored to death, thank goodness Kinky Friedman
periodically writes an entertaining novel that brightens up the mood of the
readers. The Kinkster's irreverent humor, political mumbo jumbo, and
off-colored jokes are a joy to behold. Though some mystery fans might find
ROAD KILL a shade offensive, Kinky delights in being taken stone cold
serious as a comedic writer writing a droll mystery.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cosmic Romp, September 30, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: ROADKILL (Kinky Friedman Novels) (Hardcover)

Kinky Friedman, the self-proclaimed Last of the Landless Texas Jewish Singing Cowboys, is in a deep-purple funk in his loft in Noo Yawk City, despite heroic efforts of his friends and his cat. Willie Nelson is scraping the emotional bottom, too, thinking his tour bus has killed a native American medicine man and someone's trying to kill him. Put these two chess-playing cowboys together and you have the funniest, yet gripping, mystery novel of the year.
Willie invites Kinky to travel with him to try to find the killer, who Kinky suspects is one of Willie's 83 ex-wives. Kinky finds a new bunch of buddies, Ben, Booger, Gator, and two cigar-smoking, wise-cracking native Americans, who, along with his Village Irregulars, to help hi sift the facts from the road grit.

Kinky's inimitable use of a good plot as a springboard to literary, social, political, and philosophical musings continues to illustrate his broad grasp of literature and history. His anecdotes about celebrities in the entertainment business provide an extra spark.

So, here's Kinky at his best, on a cosmic romp across the country with the legendary Red Headed Stranger. Don't miss this one!

This book elevates Kinky from the cult status he has enjoyed. Lookout for the best seller lists!