The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey

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The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey

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.

A profane, wildly funny, brash, overbearing, exquisite tour de force. -- The Chicago Tribune
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ISBN 13 9780805009217
ISBN 10 0805009213
Title The Fool's Progress
Author Edward Abbey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Henry Holt & Company
Year published 1988-10-01
Number of pages 485
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.