false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg 118541 3 Just before he died in 1989, Ed Abbey published what he called his "honest novel," one loosely based on his own life. Early in its opening pages, Abbey's alter ego, Lightcap, takes off from his nearly empty home (its contents just removed by a disgruntled spouse) in Tucson, Arizona--but not before shooting his refrigerator, a hated symbol of civilization. Lightcap makes a winding journey by car to his boyhood home in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, calling on old friends along the road, visiting Indian reservations and out-of-the-way bars, and reminiscing about the triumphs and follies of his life. Readers would be mistaken to view this as pure autobiography, but <I>The Fool's Progress</I> nonetheless is an illuminating look into Abbey's time and his way of thinking, especially on matters of ecology and other social issues. It's also a picaresque tale humorously and artfully told, a book that Abbey himself rightly regarded as one of his best works of fiction. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 114116 1988 The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel total:648|5:301|4:212|3:109|2:21|1:5| 648 2727 882 87 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 4 2 false Sat Feb 23 09:39:56 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 10:01:38 -0800 2008
"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 t...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 3 false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 19 08:32:30 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:08:27 -0700 2008
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...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 1 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 19:09:45 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 04 16:02:27 -0800 2007 Apparently, Edward Abbey is an environmentalist whose books have been known to inspire radicals but also open up frank discussions about the treatment and protection of the western landscape. All right. That's one point of view. I can respect that.

But, this was not the book to star...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Sat Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 27 03:30:33 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 06:07:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1838998 0380708566 9780380708567 25 6 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189030317m/1838998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1838998.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Feb 06 06:28:46 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 06:36:12 -0800 2008
What I remember at the time is that this book scared the crap out of me, even as I enjoyed it. Because it showed me how out-of-sync I was with myself, my life, my sham first marriage- everything.

I'm picking it up to re-read, as my life needs the sh...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Sat Mar 28 10:04:12 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 10:16:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 07 09:07:14 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 22:17:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:23:20 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 19:19:20 -0800 2009
Henry Lightcap is sarcastic a...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 08:17:42 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:15:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 08:44:43 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 12:27:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Mon Jan 07 15:08:15 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 15:13:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 0 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 21:26:01 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 21:26:01 -0700 2007
the book is a chr...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 13:50:54 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 14:08:24 -0700 2009
Aside from the w...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:11:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:11:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1838998 0380708566 9780380708567 25 6 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189030317m/1838998.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1838998.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 11:51:26 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 13:09:36 -0700 2008
short of abbey's journals (confessions of a barbarian) or his l...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Thu Feb 19 12:52:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 12:54:04 -0800 2009 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 23 16:57:26 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 14 08:34:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Sun Aug 03 17:53:06 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 12:42:50 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 17:53:06 -0700 2008
Living on wit, sarcasm and a lot of luck, the central character, a dying Henry Lighthead (a.k.a Edward Abby?) spins a tale of his migration from Tusc...more...]]> 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 13:31:44 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:39:19 -0700 2009 118541 0805057919 9780805057911 622 81 4.21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171753347m/118541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118541.The_Fool_s_Progress_An_Honest_Novel 5 0 false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:38:15 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:39:49 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=118541