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A review by huerca_armada
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
3.0
Partly a work of attention-grabbing fiction and part field manual for eco-radicals and the environmentalist underground, Edward Abbey's book has a storied pedigree behind it. The characters are well fleshed out, eccentric in their own ways, and united by their common cause: opposing The Enemy (as central character George Hayduke labels all the manifestations of consumptive capital, heedless industry, and the intricacies of a modern civilization).
Abbey's prose conveys the natural beauty of the American Southwest in his short, snappy prose and glib textual intricacies. The vistas, cliffs, and the beauty of the animals that roam there are given lush descriptions in the book, as are the central targets of the gang. Bulldozers, coal conveyor belts, and the destruction of the Colorado River as a result of the Glen Canyon Dam are given piercing description in the text, enough to make you empathize with their ultimate destruction.
Well worth a read despite some rather drudge-worthy parts and its most pulpish moments.
Abbey's prose conveys the natural beauty of the American Southwest in his short, snappy prose and glib textual intricacies. The vistas, cliffs, and the beauty of the animals that roam there are given lush descriptions in the book, as are the central targets of the gang. Bulldozers, coal conveyor belts, and the destruction of the Colorado River as a result of the Glen Canyon Dam are given piercing description in the text, enough to make you empathize with their ultimate destruction.
Well worth a read despite some rather drudge-worthy parts and its most pulpish moments.