With a new introduction by Eric Schlosser
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.
The book that influenced a generation of radical
environmentalists
*Washington Post*
The Monkey Wrench Gang is a magnificent snarl of genres: spaghetti
westerns tangled up with the Keystone Cops, the Cervantean romance
tradition and Acme cartoon capers
*Guardian*
A thing of beauty - a wildly funny, infinitely wise, near to tragic
tale
*Houston Chronicle*
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*
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
