{"product_id":"the-fools-progress-edward-abbey-9780805057911","title":"The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Abbey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805057919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805057911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Edward Abbey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046149026047,"sku":"9780805057911","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c69b32d2-15ae-402a-b1e6-4c487a5ec944.jpg?v=1684982920","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fools-progress-edward-abbey-9780805057911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}