A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal
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For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang.
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Notes from a Secret Journal
Edward Abbey on:
Government—"Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by a government against its own people."
Sex—"How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in April out of Grandview Point in San Juan County, Utah."
New York City—"New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?"
Literature—"Henry James. Our finest lady novelist."
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