The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
A beautiful client, a missing husband, a false identity and a dead body…it's the classic private eye setup, with a Kinky twist. A mysterious mobster named Leaning Jesus, a rogue FBI unit and the Chicago mafia play supporting roles in this "instant classic". This is "a novel to be read for the sheer joy of it."
About "The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover", from the Author's Introduction: "…This novel is simply what it professes to be: a novel. But through what Mark Twain called “abstruse learning,” the reader can discern clearly that quite often the differences between the mob and the FBI are not as great as their similarities. Invoking the wrath of either organization, of course, requires pawn shop balls. … The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover, to be sure, gets closer than Geraldo Rivera ever did to solving the mystery of what actually became of Al Capone’s secret fortune. …"
"The world's funniest, bawdiest and most politically incorrect music singer turned mystery writer." (New York Times Book Review)
"The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover is a true page-turner and a guilty pleasure." (The Toledo Blade)
"A novel to be read for the sheer joy of it." (The Baltimore Sun)
"Kinky is a hip hybrid of Groucho Marx and Sam Spade." (Chicago Tribune)
"Kinky's the best whodunit writer to come along since Dashiell What's-His-Name." (Willie Nelson)
"A true Texas legend." (former President George W. Bush)
"Dear Kinky, I have now read all of your books. More, please. I really need the laughs." (former President Bill Clinton)
"Friedman cinches his credentials as a great Southern storyteller. he combines the deductive moxie of a Chandler or a Hammett with the boisterous irreverence of a stream-of-consciousness raconteur, and the blend is a pungent delight." (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
"Author Richard Friedman was given the nickname Kinky for his curly 'Jewish natural' hairdo, not for his sexual proclivities. But it might just as well been for his writing style, which is full of twists and turns and Friedman's particular brand of skewed humor." (USA Today)]
"Brash, crass and colorful." (Houston Chronicle)
"Smart, funny and tough." (Robert B. Parker, author)
"The Sam Spade of South Texas. Only soft boiled. And hipper. And funnier." (Sunday Mail)
Kinky Friedman
Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly, who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. Friedman was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election.
Kinky Friedman Mysteries
A series of satirical crime stories generally set in New York featuring the author as a Private Investigator and his real life friends including Ratso, Rambam, and McGovern.
Kinky Friedman Mysteries consists of nine books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
