Booklist reviews ON ICE "infectious...hilarious...move his readers."
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 05:10PM 
On Ice.
Evans, Red (Author)
Oct 2007. 208 p. Kunati, hardcover, $19.95. (1601640153).
Part road novel and part cornpone comedy, this appealing story follows 12-year-old Eldridge Brewer, legendary banjo player Felton Haliday, and a farting dog named Whistler as they make their way south in a 1959 Studebaker truck. They carry with them the corpse (preserved in a kiddie pool full of ice) of fiddle player Tyrane Percival, Felton’s former band mate, whose dying wish was to be buried next to his one true love. Dodging a nosy sheriff and a gang of scraggly, mean-spirited bikers, Eldridge and Felton bond over music, tall tales, and their increasingly hilarious attempts to control their flatulent dog. After a series of misadventures involving a hot-air balloon, an Indian chief, and an eccentric suit salesman, the two finally bring Tyrane to his final resting place. Evans’ humor is broad but infectious, and his dialogue is tinged with a southern twang and chock-full of colorful expressions. Like novelist Clyde Edgerton (who also has a soft spot for ornery pets), Evans uses offbeat humor to both entertain and move his readers.
— Joanne Wilkinson
Booklist Magazine