Who Killed the Fonz?
by James Boice
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Pub Date Mar 01 2019 | Archive Date Feb 19 2019
Description
Late October, 1984. Prince and Bruce are dominating FM radio. Ron and Nancy are headed back to the White House. Crockett and Tubbs are leading men everywhere to embrace pastels. And Richard Cunningham? Well, Richard Cunningham is having a really bad Sunday.
First, there’s the meeting with his agent. A decade ago, the forty-something Cunningham was one of Hollywood’s hottest screenwriters. But Tinseltown is no longer interested in his artsy, introspective scripts. They want Terminator cyborgs and exploding Stay Puft Marshmallow men. If he isn’t interested in that sort of thing, his agent tells him, he’s gonna have to find new representation.
Then later that same day he gets a phone call with even worse news. His best friend from childhood back in Milwaukee, back when everyone called him Richie, is dead. Arthur Fonzarelli. The Fonz. Lost control of his motorcycle while crossing a bridge and plummeted into the water below. Two days of searching and still no body, no trace of his trademark leather jacket.
Richard flies back for the memorial service, only to discover that Fonzie’s death was no accident—it was murder. With the help of his old pals Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber, he sets out to catch the killer. Who it turns out to be is shocking. So is the story’s final twist.
Who Killed The Fonz? imagines what happened to the characters of the legendary TV series Happy Days twenty years after the show left off. And while much has changed in the interim—goodbye drive-in movie theaters, hello VCRs—the story centers around the same timeless themes as the show: the meaning of family. The significance of friendship. The importance of community.
Fast-paced and full of nostalgia, Who Killed the Fonz? is an ingenious twist on a beloved classic that proves sometimes you can go home again.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781501196881 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 208 |
Featured Reviews
John B, Educator
This was a very slight read that came off more as "insider baseball" fan fiction than as a fully-fleshed novel. I thought I was a Happy Days fan (thanks to years of reruns on Nick at Nite when I was a kid), but apparently there were entire seasons where things happened that I never knew about... and those things played some important roles in fully understanding and appreciating this book.
Susan G, Educator
There is so much nostalgic goodness in this book. I felt like I was reading a reunion show of the show I grew up loving. This book not only was so incredibly fun but it had a bit of a mystery with us finding the killer of our friend Fonz. This book was filled with nostalgia and pop culture reference. I am so glad I was chosen to read this book. Phenomenal storytelling. Seriously worth the time. Grab a copy you won't regret it.
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