The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel

by Edward Abbey Narrated by Danny Campbell

Overview

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."

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

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

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171214722
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	06/12/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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