Blast from the Past

by Kinky Friedman

Book Overview

In his 11th hilarious whodunit, the bestselling author of Roadkill turns back the clock to chronicle the very first case of his country-crooner-turned-gumshoe hero.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345416309
• ISBN13: 9780345416308
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Kinkster is back.

A one-way trip back to his roots -- and the fertilizer they're buried under, Kinky introduces us to the lovable psychotics who have made his previous 10 titles so enjoyable. Including the cat.

Vintage Kinky, in more ways than one

The Kinkstah does it again! I always wanted to know how Messrs. Friedman and Ratso Sloman became the Sherlock and Watson of our generation and now it's all revealed. Wonderful reading about the late, lamented Abbie Hoffman. For an amazing biography of Abbie see Ratso's own book, "Steal This Dream". Write on, Kinkster!

The Prequel is Unequaled

Kinky Friedman is a literary treasue enjoyed only by the truly literate.....and, sometimes, the ignorant. To the cogniscenti, he is their favorite absurdist, satirist, and funnyman. To others, he's just a cigar-smoking, wisecracking, skirt-chasing, whiskey-drinking, country music singing, Texas Jewboy who writes funny mysteries.BLAST FROM THE PAST would be a terrific place to begin for a newcomer to Kinky books. For the aficionados, it's a must.Don't miss this one

the kinksta rewls

this is an hillarious read from front to back, as is the entire kinkster collection. i read (chuckled) my way through this puppy twice and read the acknowledgments five or six times. keep 'em comin kinksta!

Irreverently delightful

Kinky Friedman is heading to the apartment of Stephanie DuPont to collect seven million dollars when he takes a blow to head and learns first hand what Alice and Dorothy's strange adventures were like. Suddenly, it is no longer 1997 as Kinky is back in 1970's Greenwich Village. Kinky meets the Village Irregulars for the first time. His pal, Ratso Sloman suggests Kinky become a private investigator because of his weird way at looking at things. Kinky's first client is Abby Hoffman, who is being stalked by a dangerous person, who ultimately blows up the Kinkster's Manhattan apartment, making the case suddenly very personal. BLAST FROM THE PAST may be the best Kinky Friedman novel of them all. The eccentric reoccurring characters come to life and their relationship to Kinky is groovy. The setting is vintage Greenwich Village as seen through a purple haze of smoke. The story line is raunchy humor with a bittersweet message about the ultimate results of ! ! the sixties idealism- or was it naivety? In his eleventh Kinky novel, Mr. Friedman demonstrates he is one of the best at humorously trivializing society.Harriet Klausner