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Book Review of The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, Bk 1)

The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, Bk 1)
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Can't decide if Abbey was being consciously ironic, or whether he really didn't comprehend the internal contradictions of his merry band of eco-terrorists trying to "save" the canyon country of Utah and Arizona from development, while still being part of the population influx that drives it. The descriptions of the land are lyrical, but the romance is unlikely and unbelievable, and most of the characters manage to be just plain dull even while blowing things up.