A review by barnesstorming
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

4.0

Great stuff here with lots of literary gems spat out as effortless asides, like Bob Dylan's early songs. Some of the folks are caricatures, sort of like what Carl Hiaasen would later do with his villains, and that's not my jam. And the only female character here is treated by everyone around her as a trophy and a stereotype — but she's among the strongest characters in the novel and who am I to say this wasn't SOP for how women were treated in the 1970s? I'll defer. But this book is awesome. It'd been in my queue for years, but seeing the film "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is what pushed me into taking the plunge. So glad I did.