Title: Where Were You Derrick?
Product review: Derrick Jensen is one of the most important writers of our time. "A Language Older Than Words" is essential reading, a truly brilliant book.If you have ever felt caught between the desire to spike a tree and the belief that violence only begets violence, then like me you may well have looked forward to the release of "Endgame," Jensen's exploration of whether violence can be justified in response to our dark and destructive culture.Gandhi, Edward Abbey, Martin Luther King, Thoreau, all examined this question. While Jensen may well be original enough to belong in this list, he failed with the first volume of "Endgame."Basically this first volume covers the same ground as "Columbus and Other Cannibals." It just takes Jensen a lot longer. He is exorcising his anger, I imagine. Understandable. But as a reader, not what I hoped for from from this book.The book is self-indulgent, rambling, and unfocused. The brilliant Derrick Jensen is absent.
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