Sorry if that seemed a bit of a marketing scheme to get your attention. I'm not referring to the hit show that everyone watches in the universe except me, silly. I'm talking about the fact that I was finally going to start blogging about the newest book I'm reading when I realized I must have left it on the plane! Or somewhere in San Francisco. So the book is temporarily lost. Until I go buy another copy, which will be very soon.
But I will tell you that only four chapters into the book I am loving it. I'm reading "The Monkey Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey, and it's a huge stylistic change from Abani's writing style. It's rude, it's witty, it's politically incorrect. Abbey takes us to the American Southwest, a far cry from Abani's Nigerian backdrop. The time is Post-Vietnam, and there is a lot if industrialization and commercialization going on. Wow, with those words I feel like Ga-linda from the musical "Wicked". But back to the subject at hand, this book is about four very different people who all have one thing in common: a violent love for the environment, and a strong distate for urbanization of the wild lands. So strong, in fact, that they will burn down billboards and bridges in order to save the Southwest. Seem irrational? Crazy even? Not quite when you start reading and getting to know the stories behind the people. Again, I've barely started the book, and I don't like to say too much without it in front of me, but so far, very interesting. Supposedly the book, written in 1975, spawned many real acts of modern eco-terrorism. I can't wait to read more. Until I get found--
