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The Fool's Progress

byEdward Abbey

Who is this book for? Readers who appreciate character-driven narratives with humor and social commentary.

Topics IdentitySurvivalFriendshipLoss and Grief
MoodHumorous, Reflective
HumorOccasional Humor
ViolenceMild
The Fool's Progress, the 'fat masterpiece' as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing: it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tuscon at age sixty two. When his third wife abandons him in Tucson, boozing, misanthropic anarchist Henry Holyoak Lightcap shoots his refrigerator and sets off in a battered pick-up truck for his ancestral home in West Virginia. Accompanied only by his dying dog and his memories, the irascible warhorse (a stand-in for the 'real' Abbey) begins a bizarre cross-country odyssey--determined to make peace with his past--and to wage one last war against the ravages of 'progress.' 'A profane, wildly funny, brash, overbearing, exquisite tour de force.' -- The Chicago Tribune

Language

en

Published on

01/01/1998

Pages

529

Format

Kindle Edition

ISBN

9781466806290

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