Lives less valuable / Derrick Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Derrick, 1960-

Series:

Flashpoint Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental degradation--Fiction.

Environmental degradation.

Environmental ethics--Fiction.

Environmental ethics.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : PM Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Putting corporate disregard for ecology on trial, this novel follows Vexcorp, a wealthy corporation that, at a safe distance, counts both the lives of others and the health of the environment as expenses on a balance sheet?but that distance is about to collapse. Malia is an activist who has lost faith in systemic reform, and Eddie is a street thug torn by grief at his younger sister's death. When Eddie mugs Malia, she compares him to Vexcorp, triggering a storm inside him. That storm only clears when he identifies the real agent of his pain: Larry Gordon, Vexcorp's CEO. Injury requires ju

Contents:

Cover; Also by Derrick Jensen; Table of Contents; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Part Six; Special Thanks; About Flashpoint Press; About PM; Friends of PM; Also From PM Press

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-60486-281-5

1-60486-282-3

1-60486-280-7

OCLC:

609856348