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Title: Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola by Kinky Friedman ISBN: 0-553-56891-4 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: New Kinkster Fan says: Praise Jesus & Pass the Coca-Cola!
Comment: Until three months ago, the only author named Friedman I'd ever heard of was Milton, which probably explains why I was slow to heed a friend's "You gotta read one of Kinky Friedman's books" advice. But after reading two K. Friedman tomes - "Armadillos & Old Lace", and now "Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola - I'm ADDICTED TO THE KINKSTER. So much so that I just got done ordering four MORE of his books from Amazon. And now I'M the one telling people that they "gotta read a Kinky Friedman book" - which is really saying something considering that I grew bored and uninterested in "run of the mill" fiction mysteries long ago. BUT THE KINKSTER IS DIFFERENT! His stories are absorbing and addictive. His style is refreshingly twisted and unique.His characters will take up residence in your brain (and stay there long after you finish the book). And his words run the gamut from profound to silly - from thought-provoking to bizarre - from intensely sad and moving to laugh-out-loud hilarious. In fact, my only complaint with Mr. Friedman is that his quips, wise-sayings and one-liners are SO DAMN GOOD - and they come so fast and frequently - that I'm constantly looking for a pen or pencil to write them down (so I can use them later). In short, the man is one great storyteller and wordsmith, and "Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola" is a darn good yarn and a VERY enjoyable read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well what do you expect? ? ?
Comment: If you pick up a book of a shelf, like I did, and find a title so compulsive as Elvis, Jesus and Coca-cola, like I did, that you just had to buy the Jesus thing to Jesus read it, like I did, then you're probably not looking for the 'great American novel' are you?. Let's face it, you want trash- compulsive, in your face politically incorrect post-modern alcoholic cigar stained trash. The guy is a Texan Oliver Reed pronounced in New York Hebrew, the antidote to the Woody Allen vision of the nerdy Jew. 'Down town Judy' for instance, didn't know she was called 'Down town Judy' because she didn't know there was an 'Uptown Judy' - I mean, don't you just love the rogue? , But hey, something is not quite right here is it Kinkster fans? As anyone who has read the eplilogue of this will know a certain character in the book is now lamentedly paws upwards wearing a baseball sweater. However, we are in this book introduced to a most delighfully propotioned figure with thighs all the way up to her characature, who arrives on the scene with two yappy little freinds that really are only good for wiping your windsheild with. In 'Spanking Watson' however, (a later book I think) the whiskered republican is still skulking between the two red telephones while the walking window wipes appear as old enemies together with their entirely more attractive and now familiar mistress. Now Kinkster, be real, tell us. Is chaiman Meow tucking in the great tuna salad in the sky or were the rumours of demise, shall we say-premature? It would'nt be the first time would it?
Rating: 4
Summary: Fine entry in the Kinster's mystery files...
Comment: Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola might possibly be the least imaginative of the plot lines in the Kinky mysteries (at least up to that point). It involves two of Kinky's lady friends, cleverly dubbed Uptown Judy and Downtown Judy, who are unaware of the other's existence until one of them is killed and the Village Irregulars pounce on the case.
For fans of the series, however, the plot lines are secondary to the humorous anectodes of our hero and the everyday situations that he finds himself. Kinky's friends are all featured extensively throughout the novel, which results in a number of hilarious boozy gatherings in various bars, restaurants and a gay burlesque theatre. The infighting between Ratso, Rambam, McGovern, Brennan and Kinky's new neighbor and her two yapping dogs make up for any shortcomings in the detective yarn.
I always seem to read these out of sequence, but I remember this as one of the last great entries in the series. Soon, Friedman would start resorting to new twists (including a trip to Hawaii that would make the Brady Bunch writers cringe). These books are always the best when it's Kinky and his friends drunkenly stumbling through a new case, snapping off one-liners and stories from Kinky's Texas roots and days as a country singer. Good stuff.
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Title: Armadillos and Old Lace by Kinky Friedman ISBN: 0553574477 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: God Bless John Wayne by Kinky Friedman ISBN: 055357633X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Roadkill by Kinky Friedman ISBN: 0345416325 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 25 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette : Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth by Kinky Friedman ISBN: 0060935359 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover by Kinky Friedman ISBN: 0345415094 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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