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The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel

by Edward Abbey

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ISBN13: 9780805057911
ISBN10: 0805057919
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Publisher Comments:

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."

Review:

"Praise the earth for Edward Abbey."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Abbey can attain a kind of glory in his writing. He takes scenes that have been well-traveled by other writers and recreates them as traditional American myth."--The New York Times Book Review
"We are living...among punishments and ruins. For those who know this, Edward Abbey's books remain an indispensable solace."--Wendell Berry
"He is the voice of all that is ornery and honorable."--Alice Hoffman

About the Author

The author of Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang is unchallenged among radicals of all ages. Edward Abbey, an American icon, called "the original fly in the ointment" by Tom McGuane, today has roads and a town named after him.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780805057911
Subtitle:
An Honest Novel
Author:
Abbey, Edward
Publisher:
Holt McDougal
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Edition Number:
1st Owl Books ed.
Edition Description:
Owl Books
Publication Date:
August 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
528
Dimensions:
8.27x5.56x.91 in. 1.03 lbs.

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