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A Friend of the Earth
A Friend of the Earth
Author: T.C. Boyle
ISBN: 47486
Pages: 271
Rating:
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Paperback
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6 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed A Friend of the Earth on
Helpful Score: 2
this book certainly gave me a lot to think about, and kept me engaged!
reviewed A Friend of the Earth on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Interesting futuristic fiction, with many flashbacks. The stuff about the effects of global warming in the future parts are quite un-nerving.
ALbookbugg avatar reviewed A Friend of the Earth on
If all the claims of the newspaper headlines about mass extinction, global warming, and the holes in the ozone are true, then what will our immediate future look like?
In this novels' version, it is pretty bleak, but comically so.
mazeface avatar reviewed A Friend of the Earth on + 66 more book reviews
T.C. Boyle wrote A Friend of the Earth, an enronmentally-focused novel about a man caught up in the "Save the World" campaign with an organization that uses terroristic methods to get their message out. Definitely a satire, but kind of depressing.
kelsworth avatar reviewed A Friend of the Earth on + 3 more book reviews
This is one of my favorite books. The characters are flawed and endearing in all the right places. The precautionary narrative is presented with classic Boyle humor which makes the distasteful portrait of future consequences to our current disregard for the natural world quite palatable.
janflora avatar reviewed A Friend of the Earth on + 6 more book reviews
Environmental futuristic horror story/ love? story
Fans of Orwell or huxley would enjoy maybe... anyone interested in global warming/ eco-causes.... Earth First-ers