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How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World
St. Martin's Press
July 2008
On Sale: June 24, 2008
288 pages
ISBN: 0312331592
EAN: 9780312331597
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
Kinky Friedman, who would be our contemporary Will Rogers if
Will Rogers had been Jewish, smoked cigars, and foolish
enough to believe he could govern the great state of Texas,
returns with this collection of hilariously raunchy,
sometimes poignant, and always insightful essays. With
fearless wit and wisdom born from many a late night’s
experience, Kinky offers both pearls and cowpats that touch
on life, death, and everything in between. Considering the current predicament of our nation and the
world at large, the question is, “What would Kinky do?” His
answers invoke Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Judy Garland,
George Bush, and other cultural touchstones; reflect on
Texas etiquette, smoking in bars, mullet haircuts,
immigration policy, and how Don Imus died for our sins; and
advise on how to handle a nonstop talker on a long flight,
how to deliver the perfect air kiss, and what to do when a
redneck hollers “Hey y’all, watch this!” Whether he’s “the new Mark Twain” (Southern Living), “in a
class with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and, yes,
Henny Youngman” (The New York Post), “a Texas legend”
(President George W. Bush), or “the Mother Teresa of
literature” (Willie Nelson), Kinky Friedman is an
outrageously funny and uncommonly smart observer of our
common predicament: life and what to do about it. A little friendly advice from “Texas for Dummies” *Get you some brontosaurus-foreskin boots and a big ol’
cowboy hat. Always remember, only two kinds of people can
get away with wearing their hats indoors: cowboys and Jews.
Try to be one of them. *Get your hair fixed right. If you’re male, cut it into a
“mullet” (short on the sides and top, long in the
back---think Billy Ray Cyrus). If you’re female, make it as
big as possible, with lots of teasing and hair spray. If
you can hide a buck knife in there, you’re ready. *Buy you a big ol’ pickup truck or a Cadillac. I myself
drive a Yom Kippur Clipper. That’s a Jewish
Cadillac---stops on a dime and picks it up. *Don’t be surprised to find small plastic bags of giant dill
pickles in local convenience stores. *Everything goes better with picante sauce. No exceptions. *Don’t tell us how you did it up there. Nobody cares.
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