{"product_id":"everythings-bigger-in-texas-9781493065196","title":"Everythings Bigger in Texas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKinky Friedman has always maintained his Kinkster persona and hidden Richard Friedman from the public eye. Using one-liners, humor, and occasional rudeness, he follows the advice of his friend Bob Dylan to keep an aura of mystery. Author Mary Lou Sullivan spent many contentious days and nights at Kinky''s Texas Hill Country ranch before he trusted her enough to open up and speak candidly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest known as an irreverent cigar-chomping Jewish country-and-western singer, turned author, turned politician, Kinky has dined on monkey brains in the jungles of Borneo, supped with presidents, and vacationed with Bob Dylan in the tiny fishing village of Yelapa, Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA satirist who loves pushing the envelope, he''s been attacked onstage, received bomb threats, and put on the only show in Austin City Limits'' history deemed too offensive to air.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the 1970s music scene in L.A. with Tom Waits and the Band, to political platforms advocating legalized marijuana, to friendships \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sullivan chronicles the branding of the Kinkster with vivid detail, while giving his music the serious consideration it deserves ... The author's greatest achievement remains peeling back the provocateur's veneer and revealing the exceptionally smart, intimately caring, and deeply committed man behind the often outrageous performer without sparing critique.”—Doug Freeman, The Austin Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hal Leonard Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885878423895,"sku":"9781493065196","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781493065196.jpg?v=1722538017","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/everythings-bigger-in-texas-9781493065196","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}