Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad
by Kinky Friedman
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Author: Kinky FriedmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-18
ISBN: 031233155X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Book Review: So Few Original Thinkers Left In America. Here's One Of Them.
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked up Texas Hold `Em and started reading it and it rolled along so pleasantly that before I knew it I was halfway done. I was amused, enlightened, irked a time or two, and I hope a tad bit wiser somehow for the ninety minutes I spent between the front and back covers of this book. If the highest praise for a writer is to finish one of his works and find yourself wanting to read another, then Kinky Friedman warrants that praise. Until recently I'd never heard of the man and now it seems, suddenly, I'm hearing about him everywhere. Former candidate for Governor of Texas, back porch philosopher magna cum laude, musician, friend of the famous and quietly colorful alike, raconteur extraordinaire, speaker of his own mind, I find myself rapidly gaining respect for Friedman. Self-billed as a Texas-Jewish Mark Twain, Kinky Friedman's laid-back/stirred-up approach to life and politics as told in this meandering book makes for thoughtful light reading. Whether imparting the logic of avoiding Eagle Scouts and men named Wayne, dishing up original thoughts on politics, religion, life, or listing various peculiarities about the Lone Star State (the Texas assembly once infamously passed a resolution honoring the Boston Strangler...so much for the content of bills being read by elected officials) Friedman's dry wit and original antiheroic wisdom combine to make Texas Hold 'Em a book worth reading.
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