Description"A lyrical and raw conversation between Irvine and Abbey that is part tribute, part memoir, and part polemic. and there\'s no telling where Abbey\'s] sentiments would place him in a landscape that now includes Standing Rock and Black Lives Matte.
She points out privileges Abbey enjoyed as a white male; she questions his use of \'Abbey\'s country.\' From Abbey\'s first morning in the Desert to his tale of a snake that guarded his campsite, Irvine questions and compares their experiences, including their failed marriages." --THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE "At once intimate and expansive...a reminder that individuals, even titans like Abbey, can only do so much to save the \'best places.\' It really does take a village (or cabal)." --TELLURIDE INSIDE AND OUT "A lyrical, raw and vulnerable conversation." --TELLURIDE DAILY PLANET "Fierce and clear--Irvine\'s book effectively confronts the ritual of veneration and brings the reader closer to appreciating Abbey\'s work in a more constructive, relevant and productive frame than what has been allowed in the last five decades." --THE UTAH REVIEW "The news Irvine breaks graveside is that the world, and specifically \'Abbey\'s country, \' has changed...
Many of us have been waiting years for that." --ALBUQUERQUE ALIBI "While Irvine shares the love Abbey, who died in 1989, had for Utah\'s public lands, she contends some views and sentiments from his time need to be challenged.
No matter your feelings about Edward Abbey, Irvine\'s Desert Cabal adds necessary depth to the dialogue.
It\'ll get you thinking about the state of the desert, the fate of the Wilderness movement and the actions we all need to take to save the places we love (including leaving them alone)." --ADVENTURE JOURNAL "With humor, wisdom and a sense of urgency, Irvine uses Desert Solitaire as a jumping off point to assess the current state of the world, to expose the very human error of the literary heroes on dusty pedestals, and to reinsert many of us back into the narrative...
Description"A lyrical and raw conversation between Irvine and Abbey that is part tribute, part memoir, and part polemic
