Kinky Friedman: Roadkill (USA 1998) From the Publisher: Kinky Friedman: Roadkill. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0345416325 (September, 1998), 252 p., $12.95.
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Kinky Friedman: Roadkill (UK 1998) From the Publisher: Kinky Friedman: Roadkill. Faber & Faber, ISBN: 0571195997 (July, 1998), 256 p., £5.99.
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Kinky Friedman: Roadkill (USA 1997) From the Publisher: Roadkill begins when the incorrigible Kinky Friedman, private dick and public nuisance, gets word that his old friend, the legendary singer and tokemaster-general Willie Nelson, is in some sort of trouble. Kinky promptly leaves New York City and joins his pal Willie on the road again. Upon his arrival, Kinky discovers that Willie's perpetually moving tour bus, the Honeysuckle Rose, hit and killed an Indian medicine man, resulting in mincemeat and an apparently unshakable Indian curse. After someone shoots Willie's valet and personal caretaker, mistaking him for the singer, Kinky knows he is deep in more than the heart of Texas. With the help of the Village Irregulars, some visiting Indians from a touring rock band, Cuban cigars, and a friendly bottle of Jameson's, Kinky begins to unravel the mystery. Are the Indians really out to get Willie for making their medicine man step on a rainbow? Has one of Willie's 97 ex-wives gotten so upset with her settlement that she's decided to take drastic action? Or has Willie's past involvement in the Indian-rights movement, and the resulting ill will of a not-insignificant portion of the nation's law enforcement officers, come back to haunt him? In the middle of all this sleuthing, Kinky must deal with his own midlife crisis, his broken heart, a barrage of arrows in lower Manhattan, and the blatant disrespect of his cat. Written by one of America's most outrageous, witty, and downright entertaining mystery writers, Roadkill is wild, wicked, and vintage Kinky Friedman. Kinky Friedman: Roadkill. A Novel. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 068480378X (September, 1997), 252 p., $23.00.
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