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"Ribald, outrageous and, in fact, scandalous."--"Smithsonian""Mixes comedy and chaos with enough chase sequences to leave you hungering for more."-- "San Francisco Chronicle""Excellent high adventure."-- "Playboy"
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Audacious, controversial and hilarious, The Monkey Wrench Gang is Edward Abbey's masterpiece - a big, boisterous and unforgettable novel about freedom and commitment that ignited the flames of environmental activism.
Throughout the vast American West, nature is being vicitimized by a Big Government / Big Business conspiracy of bridges, dams and concrete. But a motley gang of individuals has decided that enough is enough. A burnt-out veteran, a mad doctor and a polygamist join forces in a noble cause: to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means, or otherwise.
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Dr. Sarvis with his bald mottled dome and savage visage, grim and noble as Sibelius, was out night riding on a routine neighborhood beautification project, burning billboards along the highway-U.S. 66, later to be devoured by the superstate's interstate autobahn. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Dr. Sarvis with his bald mottled dome and savage visage, grim and noble as Sibelius, was out night riding on a routine neighborhood beautification project, burning billboards along the highway-U.S. 66, later to be devoured by the superstate's interstate autobahn. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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The Green political movement does not have its equivalent of the Communist Manifesto, possibly because it does not have a single ideological strain. What it does have is The Monkey Wrench Gang for inspiration, to return to when campaigning and personality politics has left you jaded.
Telling the tale of an odd-ball quartet of radical environmentalists (monkey-wrenchers, so-called because they stick a literal and metaphorical monkey-wrench into the machinery of environmental degradation) as they look for ever more effective and devastating ways of preventing the rape of the American wilderness.
Accusations of racism and sexism would not be completely unfounded but Abbey was exploring new political terrain...
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Forget Indiana Jones....The Monkey Wrench Gang would make any of the Speilberg/Ford IJ franchise films look like earnest Chekov plays if it ever made it onto the silver screen.
Abbey writes a cinematic epic charged with humour,passion and love.
The love of wilderness and the loathing of capitalist 'progress' which sees the great canyons and deserts of the American South West raped in the name of commerce.
Abbey's hostility towards the corporate/government sponsored eco vandals and his direct action response articulated in the pages of TMWG, inspired those who shared his vision to create a powerful environmental group 'Earth First'.
Now... How many books can claim to have started a green revolution !
Abbey writes a cinematic epic charged with humour,passion and love.
The love of wilderness and the loathing of capitalist 'progress' which sees the great canyons and deserts of the American South West raped in the name of commerce.
Abbey's hostility towards the corporate/government sponsored eco vandals and his direct action response articulated in the pages of TMWG, inspired those who shared his vision to create a powerful environmental group 'Earth First'.
Now... How many books can claim to have started a green revolution !
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I first encountered this book whilst travelling in Utah and Arizona many years ago. However, it remains a firm favorite and is a book I have recommended to many friends. Edward Abbey paints a picture of how we are destroying our environment with little regard for anything but monetary value. However. he wraps this message in a exciting story that is a is so much more than just a campaign gimmick. It is far from a 'heavy' read but underneath it packs a powerful punch.
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Interesting, but a little repetitive
The Monkey Wrench Gang is the story of a group of eco-warriors who seek to prevent exploitation of the American wilderness, using sabotage. Read more
Published 2 months ago by nyonya
Great buying experience.
After ordering, seller contacted me to say there was a tiny bit of writing on fly leaf, so offering to discount or refund. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Sue P
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Silent Spring
If Hunter S Thompson was an environmentalist, he'd be a paid-up member of The Monkey Wrench Gang.
A great read.
A great read.
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by Brian Buckley
The fascist gun in the West...
'The Monkey Wrench Gang' is an affable potboiler. Edward Abbey might have read a book-or-two (and be keen to let you know it); but it's appropriate that his stylistic pretentions... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2008 by Sporus
a rip-roaring adventure
This is one of those books that takes over your life for the days that you read it, getting time to spend with this book will be a priority. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2007 by Stephen J. Mason
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