A review by beetoppa
Black Sun: A Novel by Edward Abbey, Edward Abbey

1.0

I really really wanted to like this book. The setting for this book is in Northern AZ and the main character is a fire lookout - how applicable to my life, right? However, the book is absolutely awful. So many sexist and racist tones and it’s absolutely vulgar. A 37 y/o man falling in lust with a 19 year old girl. The objectification and dehumanization of women in this book is outrageous. This is just an erotica novel and I am so disgusted that I PAID for this book. If this book was more than 200 pages I would’ve tossed it but it was short enough to keep me in to finish it.

My first one star review and it was rightly earned.

Apparently Abbey dedicated this book to his dying wife, but the main character in the book is apparently divorced and has this fling with a teenager. How disgusting to dedicate this to your wife!!!!