Kinky Friedman

The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A "Walk" in Austin (2004)

I read this book in one day. It is only 138 pages but it held my interest enough to keep me reading and reading till I finished. It is a book of humour written 10 years ago by Richard "Kinky" Friedman. It is styled as a guide to his adopted city of Austin, Texas. I lived in America for 30 years b...

Armadillos and Old Lace (1996)

This is the first Kinky Friedman book I've read and it was an enjoyable romp - without a great degree of substance - through some anecdotes and a crime story which wasn't really what the book was about. With the author as main character it was unclear how much of this might be fiction and how muc...

The Prisoner of Vandam Street (2004)

Ten Little New Yorkers (2005)

Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned (2004)

The Christmas Pig: A Fable (2006)

When the Cat's Away (2000)

What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World (2008)