Kim - reviewed on 7/1/2012 + 40 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

Sundeen writes in a way that captures your interest. I kept telling myself "only one more chapter" but couldn't stop reading. His telling of this tale about Suelo is not so much a biography (although it is that) as a travelogue of the life and experience of Suelo. There are no straight paths here from point A to point B, they wind around and branch off (much like the life that Suelo has lived). Sundeen liberally sprinkles the life story of Suelo with the history of Moab Utah and other places he's been to, interesting facts about the flora of fauna of the desert, examples of others who have or have tried to live as Suelo does, interviews with those who have come in contact with Suelo, bits of Americana, and thoughts from various philosophers, religious figures, psychologists, ecologists, transcendentalists, etc. He weaves a rich tale to show us the humble but abundant life of Suelo, a man who with joy, love, spirituality, and bravery chooses to live an authentic life in the midst of too-inauthentic American capitalist culture.

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