Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). Slight rubbing to jacket; else a near fine copy internally. 238, [1] pages. Further adventures of the 'cosmic private detective' (jacket front flyleaf); involving an attempted rescue of a definitely distressed damsel, set in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and other exotic locations. Notable for jacket blurbs by Bill Clinton, Joseph Heller and Willie Nelson (among others). Signed by Friedman in black ink on title page (beneath printed title).b/w Decorative Title Page / Headpieces.

Synopsis

Kinky Friedman lives in a little green trailer in a little green valley deep in the heart of Texas. There are about ten million imaginary horses in the valley and quite often they gallop around Kinky's trailer, encircling the author in a terrible, ever-tightening carousel of death. Even as the hooves are pounding around him in the darkest night, one can hear, almost in counterpoint, the frail, consumptive, ascetic novelist tip-tip-tapping away on the last typewriter in Texas. In such fashion he has turned out nine novels including God Bless John Wayne, Armadillos & Old Lace , and Elvis, Jesus, & Coca-Cola . Two cats, Dr. Scat and Lady Argyle; a pet armadillo called Dilly; and a small black dog named Mr. Magoo can sometimes be found sleeping with Kinky in his narrow, monastic, Father Damien-like bed.

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Bookseller: Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L070651
Title: The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0684803771
ISBN 13: 9780684803777
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1996
Keywords: Friedman, Kinky American Literature 20th Century American Fiction Detective New York City Signed QX91 SPX07, , , , , , ,

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