Who Killed the Fonz?, James Boice
Who Killed the Fonz?, James Boice
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Who Killed the Fonz?

Author: James Boice

Narrator: Michael Crouch

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2019


Synopsis

The legendary 1950s-era TV show Happy Days gets reinvented as a gritty, “shamelessly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) 1980s noir.

Late October, 1984. Prince and Bruce are dominating FM radio. Ron and Nancy are headed back to the White House. 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 now Tinseltown is no longer interested in his artsy, introspective scripts. They want Terminator cyborgs and exploding Stay Puft Marshmallow men. Then later that same day Richard gets a phone call with even worse news: His best friend from childhood back in Milwaukee is dead. Arthur Fonzarelli. The Fonz. He 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, and Richard suspects murder. With the help of his old pals Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber, he sets out to catch the killer.

“Readers yearning for simpler times will enjoy this trip down memory lane, which is as comforting as an episode of Happy Days” (Publishers Weekly). Who Killed the Fonz? imagines what happened to the characters of the legendary TV show Happy Days twenty years after the series 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.

“Wildly inventive and entertaining” (Booklist), Who Killed the Fonz? is an “irresistible” (New York Newsday) twist on a beloved classic that proves sometimes you can go home again.

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About James Boice

James Boice was born in California in 1982, raised in northern Virginia, and currently lives near Boston. He is the author of MVP and Who Killed The Fonz?


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori on December 08, 2018

Fantastic noir "where are they now" novelization of the Happy Days bunch circa the 1980's. Makes me wish I was a watcher of the TV Show. Aaaaayyyyyyy!......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on February 22, 2019

The year is 1984, and Richard "Richie" Cunningham gets bad news from his hometown in Milwaukee. Arthur Fonzarelli, his best friend when he was growing up, the Fonz is dead. Fonzie was driving his motorcycle when he crossed a bridge and lost control and into the guardrail. He went over the handlebar......more

Goodreads review by Aristotle on May 06, 2019

I found my thrill On Blueberry Hill He didn't know what he had in common with Potsie and Ralph anymore. They had shared so much once. They had shared everything. Then they had shared nothing. -Richie Cunningham This book was wrapped in melancholy. The first half was a tale of longing, lost dreams, lo......more

Goodreads review by Justin on January 22, 2019

Thank you to Netgalley for this advanced copy. A campy look at the Happy Days gang, if the timeline continued into the 1980's. Richard Cunningham is a movie director, Ralph and Potsie are still a single unit of cheesy one-liners, and the Fonz is dead. Arnold's is struggling for business with the Ben......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 25, 2019

In the late 80's and early 90's, fondly remembered television series of the past received made-for-television reunion films. James Boice's Who Killed the Fonz feels like it could be a long-lost reunion movie for the cast of one of my all-time favorite shows, Happy Days. Beginning in 1984 (the year th......more