About the Author

KINKY FRIEDMAN is a former country music star, "Texas Monthly" columnist, and an author of a successful mystery series. He is running for governor of Texas in the 2006 election. He wants to take things back to a time when the cowboys all sang and their horses were smart. To find out more got to www.KinkyFriedman.com or www.utopiarescue.com.

Reviews

Praise for Kinky Friedman:

"The new Mark Twain."
--"Southern Living"
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"The Mother Teresa of literature."
--Willie Nelson

"A Texas legend."
--President George W. Bush

"Sometimes he's outrageous. Most of the time, he's outrageously funny."
--"People"

"Spreads more joy than Ross Perot's ears."
--Molly Ivins

"[Friedman] is in his own genre. His prose can range from the purely poetic to the pornographic to the deeply philosophical, quite often in the same sentence. He is a wordsmith of the first order."
--Fannie Flagg, "The New York Times Book Review"
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"I've now read all your books. More, please. I "really" need the laughs."
--President William Jefferson Clinton

Praise for Kinky Friedman:
 
"The new Mark Twain."
--"Southern Living"
" "
"The Mother Teresa of literature."
--Willie Nelson
 
"A Texas legend."
--President George W. Bush
 
"Sometimes he's outrageous. Most of the time, he's outrageously funny."
--"People"
 
"Spreads more joy than Ross Perot's ears."
--Molly Ivins
 
"[Friedman] is in his own genre. His prose can range from the purely poetic to the pornographic to the deeply philosophical, quite often in the same sentence. He is a wordsmith of the first order."
--Fannie Flagg, "The New York Times Book Review"
" "
" "
 "I've now read all your books. More, please. I "really" need the laughs."
--President William Jefferson Clinton

Praise for Kinky Friedman:

" The new Mark Twain."
--"Southern Living"
" "
" The Mother Teresa of literature."
--Willie Nelson

" A Texas legend."
--President George W. Bush

" Sometimes he' s outrageous. Most of the time, he' s outrageously funny."
--"People"

" Spreads more joy than Ross Perot' s ears."
--Molly Ivins

" [Friedman] is in his own genre. His prose can range from the purely poetic to the pornographic to the deeply philosophical, quite often in the same sentence. He is a wordsmith of the first order."
--Fannie Flagg, "The New York Times Book Review"
" "
" "
" I' ve now read all your books. More, please. I "really" need the laughs."
--President William Jefferson Clinton

Praise for Kinky Friedman:
"The new Mark Twain."
--"Southern Living"
" "
"The Mother Teresa of literature."
--Willie Nelson
"A Texas legend."
--President George W. Bush
"Sometimes he's outrageous. Most of the time, he's outrageously funny."
--"People"
"Spreads more joy than Ross Perot's ears."
--Molly Ivins
"[Friedman] is in his own genre. His prose can range from the purely poetic to the pornographic to the deeply philosophical, quite often in the same sentence. He is a wordsmith of the first order."
--Fannie Flagg, "The New York Times Book Review"
" "
" "
"I've now read all your books. More, please. I "really" need the laughs."
--President William Jefferson Clinton