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Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman lives in a little green trailer somewhere in the hills of Texas. He has five dogs, one armadillo, and one Smith-Corona typewriter. By the time you are reading this, Mr. Friedman may either be celebrating becoming the next governor of Texas or he may have retired in a petulant snit.

Kinky's Celebrity Pet Files will be released on October 06, 2009 in Hardcover
Oct 06, 2009
Kinky's Celebrity Pet Files is now available in Hardcover
Oct 06, 2009
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Text Excerpt 2 from Kinky's Celebrity Pet Files
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Ten Little New Yorkers will be released on January 29, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Ten Little New Yorkers is now available in Trade Paperback
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You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think will be released on October 02, 2007 in Hardcover
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You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think will be released on October 02, 2007 in eBook
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch will be released on September 21, 2007 in Trade Paperback
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch is now available in Trade Paperback
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The Christmas Pig will be released on November 14, 2006 in Hardcover
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The Christmas Pig is now available in Hardcover
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The Christmas Pig will be released on November 14, 2006 in eBook
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The Christmas Pig is now available in eBook
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Ten Little New Yorkers will be released on March 08, 2005 in eBook
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The Prisoner of Vandam Street will be released on March 16, 2004 in eBook
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The Prisoner of Vandam Street will be released on March 02, 2004 in Hardcover
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch will be released on September 03, 2002 in
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The Mile High Club will be released on August 28, 2001 in Trade Paperback
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The Mile High Club will be released on February 21, 2001 in eBook
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Spanking Watson will be released on September 01, 2000 in Trade Paperback
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Eat, Drink and Be Kinky will be released on October 07, 1999 in Trade Paperback
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Chapter 11 from The Prisoner of Vandam Street
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Table of Contents from Eat, Drink and Be Kinky
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Chapter 1 from The Mile High Club
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Chapter 1 from Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
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Chapter 1 from Spanking Watson
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Chapter 1 from The Christmas Pig
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Chapter 1 from Ten Little New Yorkers
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Telegraph, November 20, 2009
...Folk musician and author Kinky Friedman tells Rachel Ray about his political ambitions for Texas, and what it means to be a hero. In his biggest hit record, Kinky Friedman bemoaned: 'They Aint Makin Jews...
DCExaminer.com, November 17, 2009
...Kinky Friedman stars in "An Evening of Music and Musing" Where: The Birchmere Info: $35; 703-549-7500; birchmere.com Friedman's latest books will be available for purchase after the show. It...
Austin Chronicle, November 6, 2009
...Bastianich is just as elegant in person as she is on her PBS show, Lidia's Italy; spotted Kinky Friedman like some exotic bird en route; and rejoined my parents at the Sanctuary to see Texas Monthly's Skip Hollandsworth interview Bryan Burrough (The Big...
MySanAntonio, October 31, 2009
...Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.” The festival also provided a wide array of entertainment. A performance by Kinky Friedman, a comedy-infused competition called “Literary Death Match” and a lecture by Christian Lander showcased the...
The Facts, October 15, 2009
...FREEPORT - Margaret Cast doesn't know quite what to expect from Kinky Friedman when he comes to Freeport on Friday, but believes the self-labeled 'Jewish Cowboy' will put on a great show and hopefully get people reading again. Cast, a member of...
Sunday Business Post, September 6, 2009
...top table?' Whatâ??s the one poster thatâ??s missing? he asks. â??â??Keep Our Commissioner â?? Vote Yes.' Good news: Kinky Friedman, writer, country music performer, former â??â??male chauvinist of the yearâ??â?? and amateur detective, is to...
Marshall News Messenger, September 1, 2009
...Second-time candidate likely to face uphill climb. AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Kinky Friedman, the author-musician who railed against the two-party system as an independent candidate for governor three years ago, joined that system Monday when he declared...
Abilene Reporter, August 30, 2009
...the biggest sales day in the history of the store, eclipsing the sales record set by the iconoclastic Kinky Friedman, who had run for governor on the ticket, Why the hell not? Elmer, I said, you have just set a record for sales in our store, even more...
Herald Times, June 28, 2009
...of course. Alex Kava takes me on dark journeys tracking serial killers with her hero, Maggie O'Dell. Kinky Friedman solves mysteries with his crew, the 'Village Irregulars,' using most irreverent and hilarious methods. For those who like their fiction...
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, June 18, 2009
...how German Jewish entrepreneur Julius Fromm?s condom empire fell to the Nazis. Speaking of kinky, in October, Kinky Friedman will share his tales of celebrities and their pets in a still unnamed book (Simon & Schuster) ? his book tour is going to...
Houston Chronicle, May 12, 2009
...former Councilman Lowell Lebermann this week signed on as advisers for Texans For Kinky, the specific-purpose committee enabling Kinky Friedman to explore a run for governor of Texas in 2010. Haynes and Lebermann join San Antonio attorney and committee...
Hutchinson News, April 23, 2009
...soaking in the European nightlife with famous American expatriates like Hemingway. Now you may be less familiar with Kinky Friedman, sometimes referred to as 'the new Mark Twain.' This Texas character has written some funny mysteries as well as...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, December 14, 2008
...Kinky explains it all . . . with bite. You know he's got a good sense of humor. After all, Kinky Friedman, before becoming a well-known detective fiction writer, was the leading member of the band, Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. What Would Kinky...
PORT•CITY•UNDERGROUND, October 22, 2009
...San Antonio, TX – San Antonio Living Show – Entertainment Stories — … More: Kinky Friedman’s New Book...
RightyBlogs.com » National, September 9, 2009
...t Wordpress get all this ironed out, the crazy numbers and the monster thread is still dead. As Kinky Friedman would say, “How hard can it be?” # 801975 On September 9th, 2009 at 11:07 am, jsmiddleton4 said:...
Burnt Orange Report, September 1, 2009
...Key Point: Kinky Friedman believes that all the arm-twisting David Dewhurst did to bring voter ID to the floor in order to limit minorities' participation in elections is the exact same thing as...
Burnt Orange Report, September 1, 2009
...Key Point: Kinky Friedman believes that all the arm-twisting David Dewhurst did to bring voter ID to the floor in order to limit minorities' participation in elections is the exact same thing as...
The Groovy Age of Horror, August 2, 2009
...not recognize the elegant classics of Elizabeth Daly, the juvenile Nancy Drew series, and the aw-shucks slapstick of Kinky Friedman as all belonging legitimately to the genre. Sci-fi guys regularly lay down definitions RE the scientific rigor of the...
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Swetzel's Weblog, April 9, 2009
...posted part of my novel in process.  That made me think of writers I have met, like Kinky Friedman, who has a small cameo in the book, and Earl Scaggs,  because he is  a great friend of my dear friend Kaye B., and Jeff  Cohen,  who...
Glob-a-log, February 28, 2009
...one , or this … but I just have to leave you with the inimitable, incomparable and mostly incompatible Kinky Friedman: addthis_url =...
The Panopticon, November 26, 2008
...memories of Roy Clark from "Hee Haw" (and I do , thank you very much) or you voted for Kinky Friedman when he ran for governor of Texas, you have to see this movie. 8 pm. Retire to stateroom. Charles has turned down the bed and left chocolates (check...