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Kinky Friedman

    31 ottobre 1944 – 27 giugno 2024

    Richard S. Friedman, noto come Kinky Friedman, si inserisce nella scia dei grandi satirici americani, unendo umorismo e acuta osservazione. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una voce distintiva, spesso ironica, che affronta le assurdità della vita con arguzia e spirito. L'opera di Friedman, che esplora frequentemente temi di commedia dark, offre ai lettori un'esperienza letteraria unica, sia divertente che stimolante. Egli crea narrazioni che risuonano con una prospettiva perspicace e spesso non convenzionale sulla condizione umana.

    Kinky Friedman
    Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette
    Even More Kinky Friedman
    The Kinky Friedman Crime Club
    The Billy Bob Tapes
    More Kinky Friedman
    A New York si muore cantando
    • A New York si muore cantando

      • 184pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      La musica country può nuocere alla salute? A giudicare dalla raffica di efferati omicidi che avvengono al Lone Star Café - celebre locale di New York- si direbbe proprio di sì. E all'occhio esperto di Kinky Friedman, cantante country per talento e investigatore per diletto, non sfugge che questa sia l'opera di un serial killer, che si crede la reincarnazione di Hank Williams. Lo Sherlock Holmes newyorchese non può esimersi dall'aiutare il locale dove spesso si è esibito. Indagherà sui delitti facendosi assistere dall'Esercito Irregolare del Greenwich Village: un giornalista semialcolizzato, un dottor Watson da mercato delle pulci e un altro "occhio privato" ricercato in tutti gli Stati che iniziano con la lettera "I".

      A New York si muore cantando
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    • More Kinky Friedman

      • 512pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      Kinky Friedman, the poet of country music, the misogynist of mystery, the writer, musician and all-rounder, is the author of this collection of tales of murder, mystery and general screwing around. The three novels included in this volume are Musical Chairs, Frequent Flyer, and Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola.

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    • There is - and could only ever be - one Billy Bob Thornton: actor, musician, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and accidental Hollywood badass. In this book, he spins colourful tales of his dirt-poor Southern upbringing, his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, his life, his loves, and, of course, his movie career.

      The Billy Bob Tapes
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    • The Kinky Friedman Crime Club

      • 468pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      This collection of three stories includes A Case of Lone Star, Greenwich Killing Time, and When the Cat's Away. All of the stories feature the same wise-cracking, cigar-smoking, cat-loving reluctant hero-detective and are based in New York.

      The Kinky Friedman Crime Club
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    • Even More Kinky Friedman

      • 528pagine
      • 19 ore di lettura

      The Kinkster is at his best in a third bumper volume collecting the 7th, 8th and 9th of his outrageously good cult detective novels together. In Armadillos and Old Lace the Kinkster decides to take a break from big-city murder and mayhem but has scarcely arrived in Texas before his friend, Judge Knox, turns up at his ranch wanting to talk about four dead little old ladies. God Bless John Wayne sees Kinky once again ensconced in his Lower Manhattan loft, having taken on the deceptively tame assignment of helping his pal Ratso find his true birth mother. In The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover the Kinkster is hired to find a missing husband, but soon figures out that he may be in a lot more trouble than he's bargained for - the FBI is after him!Even More Kinky Friedman allows readers once again to benefit from a triple dose of Kinky's irreverent wit and hilarious wisdom.

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    • Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette

      Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth

      • 208pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit! Kinky Friedman is back with his outrageous humor in this hilarious guide to Texas. With George W. Bush in the White House, Americans are taking a fresh look at the state known for the Alamo, armadillos, and Willie Nelson. As the oldest living Jew in Texas without real estate, Kinky feels compelled to enlighten both Texans and non-Texans about the customs and quirks of his home state. You'll never see Texas the same way after meeting the colorful characters in his guide—from hometown heroes to affluent oilmen and country stars. The book features provocative essays and profiles, including "Shoshone The Magic Pony" and "Willie Nelson: The Back Of The Bus." Take Kinky's quiz to discover if you're a "Redneck, Good Old Boy, or Oilman." Learn how to identify a Texan abroad, which famous figures aren't actually from Texas, the origins of the Lone Star, and the history of Texans' beloved Dr Pepper. Packed with eye-opening quotes from Texas politicians, Ace Reid cartoons, bizarre laws, and final meal requests from death row inmates, this spirited book is sure to entertain both native Texans and newcomers alike.

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    • Elvis, Jesus, and Coca-Cola

      • 272pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Kinky Friedman is a Jewish Texan country-and-western singer tunred Greenwich Village amateur detective, with a collection of smelly cigars, a cat, and two former—but simultaneous—girlfriends named Judy. Shortly after the possibly suspicious death of one of his closest friends, Kinky finds himself short one Judy, as Uptown Judy vanishes under mysterious circumstances. Before long, the death and the disappearance seem to be connected, along with Elvis impersonators, a missing documentary film, and a five-year-old mob murder. It’ll take the Kinkster, with an assist from the Village Irregulars and Downtown Judy, to wrap this case like a New York Tex-Mex, decidedly nonkosher burrito. “Kinky is a hip hybrid of Groucho Marx and Sam Spade.”— Chicago Tribune

      Elvis, Jesus, and Coca-Cola
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    • A story featuring the foul-mouthed Kinky Friedman, ace private eye. Little old ladies are dropping dead at an alarming rate in the vicinity of the family's ranch/summer camp in Texas, and Kinky is asked to investigate. A faded photograph of ten pretty girls is just the clue he needs.

      Armadillos and old lace
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    • Greenwich Killing Time

      • 176pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      The place is New York City's Greenwich Village. The corpse is found holding 11 pink roses. The suspects are as strange as the crime. And the detective just happens to be a country singer named Kinky Friedman in his wild, witty, and wisecracking debut novel.

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