{"product_id":"the-fools-progress-an-honest-novel-paperback","title":"The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel - Paperback","description":"\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370089644255,"sku":"9780805057911","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/K1PuHv8_gV9780805057911.webp?v=1789150336","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-fools-progress-an-honest-novel-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}