false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171434131m/99208.jpg 99208 23 Ed Abbey called <I>The Monkey Wrench Gang</I>, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have remarked that the book is more a comic book than a real novel, and it's true that reading this incendiary call to protect the American wilderness requires more than a little of the old willing suspension of disbelief. The story centers on Vietnam veteran George Washington Hayduke III, who returns to the desert to find his beloved canyons and rivers threatened by industrial development. On a rafting trip down the Colorado River, Hayduke joins forces with feminist saboteur Bonnie Abbzug, wilderness guide Seldom Seen Smith, and billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., and together they wander off to wage war on the big yellow machines, on dam builders and road builders and strip miners. As they do, his characters voice Abbey's concerns about wilderness preservation ("Hell of a place to lose a cow," Smith thinks to himself while roaming through the canyonlands of southern Utah. "Hell of a place to lose your heart. Hell of a place... to lose. Period"). Moving from one improbable situation to the next, packing more adventure into the space of a few weeks than most real people do in a lifetime, the motley gang puts fear into the hearts of their enemies, laughing all the while. It's comic, yes, and required reading for anyone who has come to love the desert. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 2803318 1975 The Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.) total:3213|5:1196|4:1217|3:617|2:145|1:38| 3213 13027 4212 432 5 4 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 22 15:32:36 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 16:00:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 00:01:40 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 19:11:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu May 24 09:18:46 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 09:20:18 -0700 2007 Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have remarked that the book is more a comic book than a real novel, and it's true that reading this incendiary call to protect the American wilderness requires more than a little of...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jun 18 10:20:54 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 10:34:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 18:54:26 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 22:30:44 -0700 2008 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 06:57:12 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 07:16:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 18 06:33:07 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 06:41:12 -0700 2007
From the standpoint of content, it's pretty straight-forward. The environment is nice, ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 09:48:24 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 09:58:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false false Wed Mar 07 12:20:04 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 07 12:45:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 21:56:14 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 21:58:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 19:10:31 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 19:11:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 04:05:36 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:38:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 14:58:31 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:06:42 -0700 2009 2
As anarchy reined supreme in the 70’s a diverse fictional quartet of colorful characters set out to im...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Wed May 27 06:40:43 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 07:47:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:03:19 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 09:23:15 -0800 2009
Enjoying it. Loving the characters and the little, hilarious gems (i.e., "'Doc, are you going to sit there like a lump of lard and let that hairy swine insult me?' 'Wel...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:52:01 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 11:06:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:31:54 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 16:18:36 -0700 2009 For Whom the Bell Tolls), can't seem to write beyond his own experience. You really can't forgive them their trespasses, and I am so glad I don't have to interact with them or their characters (much less fight a war/plan direct actions...): self-centered white m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 15 18:09:59 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 07:38:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 07:52:43 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 08:02:36 -0800 2008 "The entertainment palled. Fatigue like gravitation pulled at limbs and eyelids. As they had come so had they departed. The ladies first. Not because they were the weaker sex -they...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 19 18:18:06 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 18:46:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=99208