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Famous Potatoes

by Joe Cottonwood

"An engaging picaresque novel of a young man on the run. A warm, well-told story of a likable character with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time." —Publisher's WeeklyWilly Middlebrook is a nice boy from the suburbs, a Vietnam vet, a college drop-out majoring in Human Kindness. Framed for the murder of a cop, Willy goes on the lam from the law. With hopeful heart and broken balls he lives among the people of the humble cafes and dusty bars, underground: "They have rough brown skin and wrinkled eyes. They are round and they are usually dirty. They are hard because they have to be, but if you warm them they get soft and you can make them sweet." Famous Potatoes is a road novel with a touch of noir, a tall tale that has been called "exuberant, funny, and humane.""Like the smudged chrome of a truck-stop diner, Famous Potatoes is an element of a new American realism, and Cottonwood has made it an engaging trip." —Chicago TribuneThe year is 1973. Back in those days on

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Episodes

  1. FamousPotatoes-18

    To not consider the contrapositive.

  2. FamousPotatoes-17

    Saint Louee, Louee

  3. FamousPotatoes-16

    Lawd, lawd, can't wait to see her again.

  4. FamousPotatoes-15

    Finding gold ... and Jedediah.

  5. FamousPotatoes-14

    Searching for gold. A dog who hated snakes.

  6. FamousPotatoes-13

    Hunting jackrabbits. Finding Jedediah.

  7. FamousPotatoes-12

    Running. Living.

  8. FamousPotatoes-11

    Funky Philly.

  9. FamousPotatoes-10

    You stupid idiot.

  10. FamousPotatoes-09

    Christmas was a lonely time...

  11. FamousPotatoes-08

    The business game. A working girl, a city woman.

  12. FamousPotatoes-07

    Welcome to Philadelphia.

  13. FamousPotatoes-06

    Return to suburbia.

  14. FamousPotatoes-05

    He looked intelligent, but I suspect...

  15. FamousPotatoes-04

    Champaign-Urbana

  16. FamousPotatoes-03

    St. Louis: Two days later, Elaine visited alone...

  17. FamousPotatoes-02

    St. Louis: I woke up shivering...

  18. FamousPotatoes-01

    I was a nice boy from the suburbs.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

"An engaging picaresque novel of a young man on the run. A warm, well-told story of a likable character with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time." —Publisher's WeeklyWilly Middlebrook is a nice boy from the suburbs, a Vietnam vet, a college drop-out majoring in Human Kindness. Framed for the murder of a cop, Willy goes on the lam from the law. With hopeful heart and broken balls he lives among the people of the humble cafes and dusty bars, underground: "They have rough brown skin and wrinkled eyes. They are round and they are usually dirty. They are hard because they have to be, but if you warm them they get soft and you can make them sweet." Famous Potatoes is a road novel with a touch of noir, a tall tale that has been called "exuberant, funny, and humane.""Like the smudged chrome of a truck-stop diner, Famous Potatoes is an element of a new American realism, and Cottonwood has made it an engaging trip." —Chicago TribuneThe year is 1973. Back in those days on

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Joe Cottonwood

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How many episodes does Famous Potatoes have?

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"An engaging picaresque novel of a young man on the run. A warm, well-told story of a likable character with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time." —Publisher's WeeklyWilly Middlebrook is a nice boy from the suburbs, a Vietnam vet, a college drop-out majoring in Human Kindness....

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Famous Potatoes is created and hosted by Joe Cottonwood.
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