Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published: 29/07/2004
ISBN: 9780141187624
Length: 448 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 25mm x 129mm
Weight: 326g
RRP: £9.99
'Revolutionary ... An extravagant, finely written tale of ecological sabotage' The New York Times
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.
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published: 29/07/2004
ISBN: 9780141187624
Length: 448 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 25mm x 129mm
Weight: 326g
RRP: £9.99
The book that influenced a generation of radical environmentalists
The Monkey Wrench Gang is a magnificent snarl of genres: spaghetti westerns tangled up with the Keystone Cops, the Cervantean romance tradition and Acme cartoon capers
A thing of beauty - a wildly funny, infinitely wise, near to tragic tale
A violently revolutionary novel
Launched America's 'eco-defense' movement ... A lasting cult classic
Mixes comedy and chaos with enough chase sequences to leave you hungering for more
Inspired acts of eco-activism in its day, and remains one of the most passionate pleas in literature to protect our wild places
A sad, hilarious, exuberant, vulgar fairy tale... It'll make you want to go out and blow up a dam