A review by gregoryscottdilcox
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

5.0

I can't say enough good things about this novel, I had a hard time putting it down once I picked it up. Abbey is amazing when he is describing landscapes, his love of the natural world he is describing oozes through the page. There are times when a novel gets overly descriptive about a landscape that my eyes kind of gloss over but not when Abbey describes them. He never seems to flatter when it comes to knowing just the perfect amount of things to say about a scene, always enough to paint a vivid picture, but never too much to sound overly descriptive or dry. To top it off, his band of ecoterrorist although criminals, and damaged goods are all robust characters that you find yourself wanting to root for. I'm not about to go blow up a bridge myself but Abbey's novel made me long for a time and a place I've never been, giving me a bigger appreciation for the nature we all too often neglect and abuse.