Greenwich Killing Time
New York: Beech Tree Books / William Morrow, 1986. First Edition. 8vo, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (210 x 140 mm), 196, (4) pp. Cloth backed cream boards with the initials k.f. debossed at lower right, gilt title; dust jacket unclipped.
The author's first book, introducing "The Kinkster"; the advent of lower Manhattan's unorthodox amateur extraordinaire. When "Daily News" reporter Mike McGovern finds himself targeted as the suspect in the killing of the dead man McGovern discovered in his own apartment, he calls on Kinky, a street-smart country singer to help him beat the rap.
Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (1944 – 2024), 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. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election.
After his music career stalled in the 1980s, Friedman shifted his creative focus to writing detective novels. His 20+ books have similarities to his song lyrics, featuring a fictionalized version of himself solving crimes in New York City and dispensing jokes, wisdom, recipes, charm, and Jameson's whiskey in equal measure.
Condition: As new / As new.
Item number: 2221
ISBN: 0688064094
Price: $100.00
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