- Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
- Verlag: HarperTorch (25. März 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0380806355
- ISBN-13: 978-0380806355
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 10,8 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 905.751 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"Bill Fitzhugh is The Only Mystery Writer I Ever Really Loved - and Fender Benders is yet another reason why!" (Jill Conner Browne, author of God Save the Potato Queens )
"You'll laugh so much your sides may hurt." (New Orleans Times-Picayune )
"In FENDER BENDERS Fitzhugh pens a tale worthy of the Grand Ole Opry." (Pittsburgh Tribune )
Fitzhugh is a strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist...in league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard. (The New York Times Book Review )
Fitzhugh applies his school-of-Carl-Hiaasen technique to the capital of country music. (Kirkus Reviews )
"Finger-pickin' good!" (People )
"Sharp, sassy, read-in-one-sitting, laugh-out-loud literature." (Publishers Weekly )
"A satisfying murder mystery and spoof of life in the industry, FENDER BENDERS has a delightfully vicious spirit." (USA Today )
"A lighthearted spin on a desperate tale--just like the best country songs." (Entertainment Weekly (A-) )
"[Fitzhugh] . meets the "Is it funny?" challenge head-on. (Metro Pulse, Knoxville's Weekly Voice )
"[FENDER BENDERS] . makes you remember what comedic mysteries are supposed to be all about." (Eric Garcia, author of Anonymous Rex )
"You'll laugh so much your sides may hurt." (New Orleans Times-Picayune )
"In FENDER BENDERS Fitzhugh pens a tale worthy of the Grand Ole Opry." (Pittsburgh Tribune )
Fitzhugh is a strange and deadly amalgam of screenwriter and comic novelist...in league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard. (The New York Times Book Review )
Fitzhugh applies his school-of-Carl-Hiaasen technique to the capital of country music. (Kirkus Reviews )
"Finger-pickin' good!" (People )
"Sharp, sassy, read-in-one-sitting, laugh-out-loud literature." (Publishers Weekly )
"A satisfying murder mystery and spoof of life in the industry, FENDER BENDERS has a delightfully vicious spirit." (USA Today )
"A lighthearted spin on a desperate tale--just like the best country songs." (Entertainment Weekly (A-) )
"[Fitzhugh] . meets the "Is it funny?" challenge head-on. (Metro Pulse, Knoxville's Weekly Voice )
"[FENDER BENDERS] . makes you remember what comedic mysteries are supposed to be all about." (Eric Garcia, author of Anonymous Rex )
Kurzbeschreibung
When his wife becomes the victim of a serial killer, country performer Eddie Long turns the trauma in the best song he's ever written. Now his dream of stardom is coming true. A hilarious tale of greed, love, and mayhem set against Nashville's country music scene.
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An amusing satirical look at the music industry
15. November 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Mississippi's Eddie Long feels one day he will take Nashville by storm. Eddie is currently doing the Southern bars and college route, but feels he is just paying his dues before the big break occurs. However, while on the road, Eddie learns that his wife has died. Grieving, he pours his soul into a eulogy-song that stuns the music world and makes him a hot prospect.
Writer Jimmy Rogers sees honky tonk performer turn superstar Eddie as the perfect vehicle for a biography. His research soon leads him to believe that Eddie may have arranged his spouse's demise via food poisoning and the deaths of several other people while the musician toured the south. Jimmy, already jealous of Eddie stealing his girl, plans to prove that Eddie is more talented as a serial killer than a country western musician.
FENDER BENDER is an amusing satirical look at the music industry and indirectly at serial killer novels. The story line skews any icon that falls in its path, but does so through not so subtle references to movies and books and a strong cast whose eccentricities and personal agendas add humor to a very funny mix. If novels like CROSS DRESSING and PEST CONTROL have not already introduced the reader to the sharp barbs of Bill Fitzhugh; FENDER BENDER is the right tale for those who relish laughing at idols crumbling from the pedestals inside a dark facetious mystery.
Harriet Klausner
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It's not really a mystery but it is a lot of fun!
14. Dezember 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
This is my first Fitzhugh novel and it won't be my last.
I was expecting a murder mystery. It sure starts out that way with the gruesome poisoning death of a pick-up driving Cajun in Louisiana. But, the scene swiftly changes to an up-and-coming country music sensation and an up-and-coming writer and his beautiful radio station DJ girlfriend. Then, we're introduced to a couple of nearly down and out Nashville record producers and talent agents, Big Bill Herron and Franklin Peavey. The scene shifts to the crazy machinations of the Nashville recording industry (and the endless awards ceremonies -they are mentioned in passing, but new awards ceremonies with ever-more whacky titles and awards come up nearly
every chapter).
Somewhere along the way, amidst the glitz and confusion the original murder mystery re-surfaces, amdist another murder plot and criminal record deals.
Old grudges mix with new ones and after finishing this book this reader was left wondering how any of his favorite musicians in the real world live a halfway 'normal' life!
Fitzhugh's strength is building interesting characters. Some are developed very well and others are intentionally left as shadowy and mysterious. All are well done. The book was a hoot!
I was expecting a murder mystery. It sure starts out that way with the gruesome poisoning death of a pick-up driving Cajun in Louisiana. But, the scene swiftly changes to an up-and-coming country music sensation and an up-and-coming writer and his beautiful radio station DJ girlfriend. Then, we're introduced to a couple of nearly down and out Nashville record producers and talent agents, Big Bill Herron and Franklin Peavey. The scene shifts to the crazy machinations of the Nashville recording industry (and the endless awards ceremonies -they are mentioned in passing, but new awards ceremonies with ever-more whacky titles and awards come up nearly
every chapter).
Somewhere along the way, amidst the glitz and confusion the original murder mystery re-surfaces, amdist another murder plot and criminal record deals.
Old grudges mix with new ones and after finishing this book this reader was left wondering how any of his favorite musicians in the real world live a halfway 'normal' life!
Fitzhugh's strength is building interesting characters. Some are developed very well and others are intentionally left as shadowy and mysterious. All are well done. The book was a hoot!
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A Fun Romp Through Nashville!
10. Oktober 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
"Fender Benders" is a murder mystery surrounding the rise of country western guitarist singer/songwriter Eddie Long. The story is rich with colorful characters including the main man, Long, his smart and cunning girlfriend Megan Taylor, his managers Big Bill Herron and Franklin Peavy, his friend and biographer, Jimmy Rogers and a host of others. There is enough intrigue, backstabbing, twists, humor and schemes to fill two books. Fitzhugh brings several issues in the book to a definite conclusion while leaving some to the reader's imagination. Overall, it's a fun read and one that will definitely hold your attention.
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