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The Monkey's Wrench
The Monkey's Wrench
Author: Primo Levi, William Weaver (Translator)
An Italian ironworker or rigger, Tino loves his work. Just read his story of the disaster on that bridge in India, or follow his description, given in loving detail, of how he assembled that off-shore oil platform in Alaska. He has traveled the world as a rigger, and now he unfolds his adventures to his chemist friend in monologues swirling with...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671622145
ISBN-10: 0671622145
Publication Date: 10/1986
Pages: 171
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Summit Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Wildhog3 avatar reviewed The Monkey's Wrench on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
It is hard to describe how good this book is. Studs Terkel called it "a remarkable narrative of a worklife." It is laid out without preface in 14 "chapters." The narrator is a "rigger." This is a person whose job is supervising the setting up of very large cranes, often very very large. In each chapter the narrator is talking to another rigger, an old friend. As the book unfolds, the reader begins to realize that the author/narrator is laying out a work ethic for riggers. or anyone who builds things, or fixes things, or who just works their hands. And finally, a perceptive reader sees that the book is a metaphor for how to live your life. If I could award it eight or ten stars I would. Before someone grabs it, I think I will read it again.

Dr. John T. West, III
aka wildhog3
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