The book that influenced a generation of radical environmentalists

Washington Post

<i>The Monkey Wrench Gang </i>is a magnificent snarl of genres: spaghetti westerns tangled up with the <i>Keystone Cops</i>, the Cervantean romance tradition and Acme cartoon capers

Guardian

A thing of beauty - a wildly funny, infinitely wise, near to tragic tale

Houston Chronicle

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A violently revolutionary novel

The New York Times

Launched America's 'eco-defense' movement ... A lasting cult classic

LA Times

Mixes comedy and chaos with enough chase sequences to leave you hungering for more

San Francisco Chronicle

Inspired acts of eco-activism in its day, and remains one of the most passionate pleas in literature to protect our wild places

Independent

A sad, hilarious, exuberant, vulgar fairy tale... It'll make you want to go out and blow up a dam

The National Observer

'Revolutionary ... An extravagant, finely written tale of ecological sabotage' The New York TimesAudacious, controversial and hilarious, The Monkey Wrench Gang is Edward Abbey's masterpiece - a big, boisterous and unforgettable novel about freedom and commitment that ignited the flames of environmental activism. Throughout the vast American West, nature is being vicitimized by a Big Government / Big Business conspiracy of bridges, dams and concrete. But a motley gang of individuals has decided that enough is enough. A burnt-out veteran, a mad doctor and a polygamist join forces in a noble cause: to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means - or otherwise.
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The US government and big business teamed up to build dams and bridges across the American West. A band of individuals teamed up to prevent it happening. In this chaotic comedy their aim is to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means, or otherwise.
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The book that influenced a generation of radical environmentalists

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780141187624
Publisert
2004-07-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Classics
Vekt
331 gr
Høyde
199 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448

Forfatter

Biographical note

Edward Abbey was born in Pennsylvania in 1927 and spent most of his life in the American southwest. His books include the celebrated Desert Solitaire (1968), which established Abbey as one of the country's foremost defenders of the environment, and The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975). Abbey died in 1989. He is today considered to be one of the most influential conservationists of the twentieth century.