This collection of provocative essays about Texas is by the well-known country music star and mystery writer, soon to become a gubernatorial candidate.

And Kinky Said Unto the People: Why the Hell Not?

Literary essays by Kinky Friedman on the author's childhood heroes, including Barbara Jordan, Willie Nelson, and Davy Crockett.

Again ensconced in his quaintly appointed Lower Manhattan loft, Kinky Friedman, ace private eye, takes the deceptively tame assignment of helping his pal Ratso find his real mother.

These stories didn't have to be made up. The characters were already there, so the stories just came out of the characters we knew.