Grateful Dead Book Reviews

Standing nearly seven feet tall, Bill Walton was one of the tallest Deadheads ever to dance at a show. In James Kirkland’s Friend of the Devil, he may also be the tallest detective in crime fiction. The premise is gloriously absurd: Bill Walton as a detective in a mystery threading the basketball acumen of the high pick and roll, bathtub kombucha and the chaotic comedy of the Grateful Dead. The gimmick turns the knobs up to eleven, sets the controls for the heart of the sun