Blue Desert

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Summary: Azure skies are blue in the desert, as are bruises
Review: Again, Bowden hands us a mirror, and what we see is ugly. Carving a swathe from Palm Springs to Ajo to Mexico, the author presses us along the eroding path of man and beast in the desert Southwest. Although doomed, a certain eloquence precedes their demise. The book's organization by chapter (Bats, Antelope, Black, Blue and so forth), although uncharacteristic, does nothing to dilute the sting and lingering ache of Bowden's biting exposition.