Roadkill

by Kinky Friedman

Hardcover, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Series

Masters of Crime (10)

Genres

Mystery

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

Simon & Schuster (1997), Hardcover

Description

One of the novels featuring foul-mouthed, wise-cracking Kinky Friedman, country singer turned private eye, who joins his old pal Willie Nelson on tour for a little much-needed R & R. But Willie, who has problems of his own, disappears from the tour bus, and his look-alike valet gets shot.

User reviews

LibraryThing member MONEYSAVER-EDITING

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...

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LibraryThing member shwetzel

Somebody's trying to kill Willie Nelson, and the Kinkster has to save him. Cigars and doobies are smoked, crimes are committed, and the good guys win in the end.

LibraryThing member AliceAnna

Entertaining and, as usual, politically incorrect. Only Kinky Friedman could get away with a book like this, depicting Willie Nelson in what is probably a fairly accurate light -- serially monogamous (for the most part) and frequently accompanied by a doobie of mythic proportions. The mystical

elements of the book were a little far-fetched, but overall a good read, if not as laugh-filled as many of the earlier books.

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LibraryThing member MiaCulpa

I've read a few Kinky Friedman books in my time and "Roadkill" remains a favorite, due mainly to the appearance of the great Willie Nelson. Willie goes missing and Kinky, concerned for his safety, tries to track him down. This gives Kinky the opportunity to share a few Willie-related stories

(including the great line about the time that someone warned Willie that someone was threatening to shoot him at an upcoming concert and Willie said "Well, be sure not to put him on the free list then", and performed the concert anyway).

The novel's ending is somewhat pedestrian but maybe that's Willie Nelson for you.

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LibraryThing member susandennis

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.

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