The Fools Progress, Edward Abbey
The Fools Progress, Edward Abbey
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The Fool's Progress
An Honest Novel

Author: Edward Abbey

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 22 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/12/2018

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

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."

About Edward Abbey

Edward Abbey (1927-1989) was born in Home, Pennsylvania, and educated at the University of New Mexico and the University of Edinburgh. His many books include The Monkey Wrench Gang, Brave Cowboy, The Fool's Progress, and Down the River.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Harper on April 09, 2008

Edward Abbey is a dirty old man. Backwoods, racist, sexist, libertarian, dirty old man. I love him. I would proudly have his babies. This may be the best summary of this book ever. Really it's beautiful. Makes me homesick for the desert and the kind of rugged individualism and anti authoritarianism t......more

Goodreads review by L.G. on July 22, 2020

Review of Edward Abby's The Fool's Progress [paragraphs in italics are snippets from the book] Warning: Edward Abby's writing, and possibly my take of it, may anger some. There are some bits of the story where even my annoyance flared. Understandable, being our species is saddled with the Achilles hee......more

Goodreads review by Christine on April 26, 2014

Wow! A funny, emotional, thoughtful, exciting, romantic, gritty, real journey of one man's life. I had never heard of Edward Abbey until a friend recommended this book. I guess he was a bit on the extremist "radical" side - pro nature/anti industrialism type who had somewhat of a cult following in t......more

Goodreads review by Owen on July 16, 2012

Edward Abbey died in March of 1989. In the latter part of 1988, he saw his last and perhaps most accomplished work brought to bed at his publishers in New York. The author of many highly controversial works of fiction and non-fiction, best known for his seemingly solitary stand against the ecologica......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 01, 2008

This is one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. "Like him I'll get shitfaced fallingdown snotflying toilet-hugging drunk. Reality management." "And why? What's my problem? Well, I have this queer thing about pretty girls: I like them. And this weird thing about steady jobs: I dont like the......more