The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover, A Novel - Softcover

Friedman, Kinky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345415094 ISBN 13: 9780345415097

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1997

Synopsis

"DEAR KINKY: I HAVE NOW READ ALL YOUR BOOKS. MORE PLEASE. I REALLY NEED THE LAUGHS."
--Bill Clinton

A beautiful woman, a missing husband, and a private eye with eyes for his comely client. It's the classic hardboiled-mystery setup. But in the grip of Kinky Friedman, expect one of the wildest, wackiest, and weirdest rides of your life!

"A novel to be read for the sheer joy of it."
--The Baltimore Sun

About this title

Review:

Texas musician Friedman writes mysteries the way he sings -- lots of humming, head-scratching and general fooling around. There are always plenty of cigars and an inevitable cat. But his loyal fans lap up his books and will certainly welcome this newest addition. The Kinkster's boozy reporter (is there any another kind in mystery fiction?) friend McGovern is being plagued by FBI agents disguised as aliens, so Friedman sets off on a journey of discovery to Washington and Al Capone's old Chicago haunts.

From the Publisher:

"The world's funniest, bawdiest, and most politically incorrect country music singer turned mystery writer."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Kinky is a hip hybrid of Groucho Marx and Sam Spade."
--Chicago Tribune

"Kinky Friedman is to the detective novel what Frank Zappa is to rock and roll: a gleeful gadfly who delights in offending purists.... There's just no stopping him. And who wants to?"
--People

"A killer bee... His latest is his best."
--The Virginian Pilot

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0345415094
• ISBN 13: 9780345415097
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240