{"product_id":"the-fools-progress-an-honest-novel-paperback","title":"The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Abbey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fool's Progress, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \"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 sixty two. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A profane, wildly funny, brash, overbearing, exquisite tour de force.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of\u003ci\u003e Desert Solitaire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey Wrench Gang\u003c\/i\u003e is unchallenged among radicals of all ages. \u003cb\u003eEdward Abbey\u003c\/b\u003e, an American icon, called \"the original fly in the ointment\" by Tom McGuane, today has roads and a town named after him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44801341718630,"sku":"9780805057911","price":43.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VWtrT3AwR1dUcGR5TVNqbGQyelk5QT09.webp?v=1771307708","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-fools-progress-an-honest-novel-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}