Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth

This is a short book, full of essays, trivia, Ace Reid cartoons, and other short pieces. I've been reading a bit here and there for a couple of months now. Friedman's sense of humor can be a bit raunchy, not for the easily offended, and his essays tend to wander a bit, which can be annoying. A lot of the legends and stories mentioned I'd heard before, but others were new to me and interesting, and every time I've read from it, I've ended up laughing, so it is funny. Overall, I enjoyed it, but I was already a fan, and I've grown up in Texas, so I have some interest in Texas stories.

A very lacklustre effort by the Kinkster here. It all smells of a quick cash grab by Friedman.

Friedman is famous for his crime fiction but here supplies some stories from around Texas, including getting stuck into Texas Agricultural students, cat farms, Willie Nelson (always the highlight of any book he features in) and other topics too middling to mention here.

I hope Friedman got a decent enough payday from his "Guide to Texas Etiquette".

Spotty, but occasionally spot-on, as we might expect from the Kinkster's previous track record.

Kinky may be our next Texas governor. As a citizen and a reader, I felt obligated to try a Kinky Friedman book.His campaign slogan: "How hard can it be?"