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| Title | : | The Fool's Progress |
| Author | : | Edward Abbey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | August 15th 1998 by Holt Paperbacks (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Novels. Environment. Nature. Travel |
Edward Abbey
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 4.22 | 3130 Users | 243 Reviews
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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
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| Original Title: | The Fool's Progress |
| ISBN: | 0805057919 (ISBN13: 9780805057911) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 3130 Users | 243 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books The Fool's Progress
Great writing about a misogynistic asshole, unredeemed.This is a hard book to rate. Abbey is at his best when describing nature, or his love of nature, or his love of baseball, or his sentimental memories of growing up in rural America (in the book, West Virginia, in reality, western PA). Many parts of the book are laugh out loud funny, and Abbey's writing is entertaining most of the way through. But his dislike of cities devolves into something approaching racism, and his description of women must be viewed through the lens of how he actually
Recently, a group of my guy friends decided to form a book club. One reason: all our wives were already in one, and we felt the need to exercise our own intellects. The real reason: the NFL is over for the year, and we needed an excuse to drink beer on Sunday. (An excuse other than its Sunday!). In the abstract, I should love being part of a book club. I like reading. I like talking about what Ive read. I like to drink. It seems a no-brainer. However and this a big however I hate being told
I enjoyed this book for the most part, though I will admit I skipped a few pages because of the rambling. This book was very descriptive, in a way that I enjoyed at times, but also got tired of at times. It was humorous and beautiful and sometimes boring. But I am glad I finished it. It is just a story about a man, his dog, his beer, crappy ol' truck and his journey....
Absolutely Abbey's best novel. I love the Monkey Wrench stuff, but Fool's Progress takes Abbey's writing to a whole other level; a personal one. All of Abbey's work is autobiographical on some way, but this heart-wrenching and profound look at the experience of life and death is as close as he gets to true autobiography. And, yes, it's his best novel for that exact reason.
I thought this book was hilarious, which has led me to question my morals.
I love Abbey because he is tough nut to crack, and a hard drink to swallow. He can be downright offensive, but it's important to see his distaste is not limited to women and Mexican's but leveled fully against all participants in society not excluding his autobiographical character Henry H. Lightcap. The autobiographical nature of this novel helped me untangle a bit of the contradictory, larger-than-life image Abbey has here in the west. Reading it after Loeffler's biography was helpful. I don't
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