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Title: Hayduke Lives! : A Novel by Abbey ISBN: 0-316-00413-8 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 04 September, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Sequel Never as Good
Comment: This book could be a poster child for "The sequel never lives up to its predecessor."
Whether or not you've read The Monkey Wrench Gang, you will know exactly what is going to happen at every step of the way. Worse, Abbey takes shortcuts. For instance: all the old characters are brought back; all meet Hayduke again who asks for their help; all refuse and then suddenly, without explanation, all are on board to help him destroy the huge earth-mover, GOLIATH. The object of their sabotage and the fact that they are back together is very predictable.
Also, the final scene of destruction is disappointing. It too, "just happens".
The message is still great. The cast of characters still appealingly eccentric, Hayduke still a demi-god, but it does not come near to the overall excellence of The Monkey Wrench Gang. Due to the shortcuts, I would strongly recommend not reading this book unless you've read Monkey Wrench. Even then, you better have really loved Monkey Wrench and want some more of the same.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't bother....
Comment: I've read alot of Abbey's books. His Essays are great, as are his fictional stories. HOWEVER, this novel falls far short of Abbey's earlier works. I found it to be very crude in most places, And chock full of the [people] that helped create the conditions that burned my house down this last summer.
I've met too many eco-radicals to find them amusing. I will hand it to Abbey, though - he did a great job of describing how these [people] act.
In my virulent opinion, skip this book and read ANYTHING ELSE he wrote. This book is bad.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Sequel
Comment: I really enjoyed this book, reading about the old gang joining together again. Abbey mentions names well known to those in the environmental movements. The immortal Hayduke certainly outdoes himself in this book. The only thing that made me a little uncomfortable was the murder-up to that point, it was a great book. Abbey betrayed the cause with that little turn of events.
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Title: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, Douglas Brinkley ISBN: 0060956445 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey ISBN: 0345326490 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 January, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Fool's Progress : An Honest Novel by Edward Abbey ISBN: 0805057919 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West by Edward Abbey, Jim Stiles ISBN: 0452265622 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Good News by Edward Abbey ISBN: 0452265657 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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