The Fool’s Progress

An Honest Novel

De: Edward Abbey

Narrado por: Danny Campbell

The Fool's Progress, the "fat masterpiece" as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing: It reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tuscon at age 62.

When his third wife abandons him in Tucson, boozing, misanthropic anarchist Henry Holyoak Lightcap shoots his refrigerator and sets off in a battered pick-up truck for his ancestral home in West Virginia. Accompanied only by his dying dog and his memories, the irascible warhorse (a stand-in for the "real" Abbey) begins a bizarre cross-country odyssey - determined to make peace with his past-and to wage one last war against the ravages of "progress".

©1990 Edward Abbey (P)2018 Tantor

Ed Abby - Full Circle

This is a great book to listen to after all his others. It really puts them all into perspective. Great narration as always, Danny!

Great story, narrative so-so

Narrator slaughters the pronunciation of several places and items mentioned by Abbey that a characteristics of the Southwest.

Henry is a free spirit, shockingly "honest".

Great writer. I must say I have never read a book quite like this. What "ISM" can't be found within the story. I laughed and laughed.

Definitely a fat masterpiece

Never a dull moment. Poetic in the oddest ways. The voice of the reader is perfect for this tale.

Lots of adjectives in many sentences

I really like Edward Abby's writing, witty and sarcastic as always. Great descriptions and kinda of a Richard Cranium of a character.