The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic

A Walk in Austin

Kinky Friedman

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Vintage
01 September 2005

Travel & holiday; Travel writing

An unconventional travel guide to city of Austin, by best-selling mystery author, humorist and performer, Kinky Friedman.

Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jewboy, takes us on a rollicking, rock-and-rolling tour of his favourite city- Austin.

Maybe you want to know where to find President Bush's favourite Austin burger joint. Or maybe you want a glimpse of Willie Nelson's home. Or maybe you're itching to learn the history of a city that birthed Janis Joplin, Stevie Ray Vaughan and countless other music legends. It's all here in The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic, the slightly insane, amazingly practical, and totally kick-ass guide to the coolest city in Texas by none other than Kinky Friedman.

This ain't no ordinary travel guide, neither. As might be expected from this politically incorrect country-singer-turned-bestselling-mystery-author, the Kinkster's tour includes a bunch of stuff you won't find in any other guide, from descriptions of Austin's notable trees and directions to skinny-dipping sites to lists of haunted places and quizzes and puzzles. So put on your cowboy hat and your brontosaurus-foreskin boots and head down south with the only book you need to get to the big heart of this great city.

By: Kinky Friedman
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 107g
ISBN: 9780099490562
ISBN 10: 0099490560
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kinky Friedman is the author of twenty books, founder of the band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, and co-founder of Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch (www.utopiarescue.com), a 'never-kill' sanctuary for stray and abused animals. The Kinkster lives on a ranch in Texas Hill Country with five dogs, a pet armadillo and a typewriter.

Reviews for The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A Walk in Austin

Dear Kinky: I have now read all your books. More please. I really need the laughs -- Bill Clinton Kinky, Mozart, Shakespeare - with what could I equal them? -- Joseph Heller Kinky's writing cannot and should not be compared to that of any other writer or of any other genre. He is his own genre...He is a wordsmith of the first order -- Fannie Flagg New York Times Book Review Kinky is the best whodunit writer to come along since Dashiell what's-his-name -- Willie Nelson