A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal by Abbey, Edward. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312064884.

For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbeys last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang. 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."