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Language English Pages 272 Originally published 12 May 2008 Page count 272 Country United States of America | 3.4/5 Goodreads Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 978-1-931722-82-7 Publisher Hachette Book Group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publication date May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12) Genres Young adult fiction, Western fiction, Humorous Fiction Similar Cross Dressing, The organ grinders, The Exterminators: An Assas, Fender Benders, Heart Seizure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Adventures of Slim and Howdy is a 2008 novel by Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn (superstar duo Brooks & Dunn) and novelist Bill Fitzhugh. The novel features Brooks and Dunn's alter-egos Slim and Howdy as they travel cross-country in pursuit of a musical career.
Plot
Based on characters created by Kix Brooks (as the alter egos of country superstars, Brooks and Dunn), The Adventures of Slim and Howdy is a comic crime novel that chronicles the exploits of a couple of gifted but undiscovered guitar pickin', honky tonk entertainin', country singers. It starts with a chance meeting on a used car lot in Beaumont, Texas. Slim and Howdy agree to partner up and ride together. But before they can even get out of town, they incur the undying wrath of Brushfire Boone Tate and a guy named Black Tony. A few days later they arrive in the Texas border town of Del Rio to play at the Lost and Found, a honky-tonk run by their old friend, the widow Jodie Lee. Along the way Slim and Howdy get caught up in a rigged poker game, encounter a snake handler with a do-it-yourself amputation kit, and have a run-in with Los Zetas, the deadly Mexican organized crime gang. Before it's over, Jodie Lee gets kidnapped, suspects come crawling out of the cacti, and Slim and Howdy have to save the day.