Fast Food Nation

by Eric Schlosser
read by Rick Adamson
audioCD, Carver County Library, 9 hours (abridged)

I didn't realize this was an abridgement until the very end of the CD! Good thing it was, though, because nine hours of fast-food condemnation got old. There was some very interesting information. The part on slaughterhouses made me glad that we buy our beef from a local farmer and local butcher. But it's easy to understand how people make the choice to go vegetarian.

I thought he was a little over-the-top in making Ray Kroc and Walt Disney sound like the bringers-of-the-downfall of American society. But he makes some really strong connections between business and politics. Money and power are interesting forces throughout civilization . . . usually for ill rather than good. I'm glad that I'm already trying to eat healthier. This book is definitely "food for thought." I would love discussing it with other readers! (But maybe I should check out the book and read the whole thing.)

Adamson did an excellent job of reading this book, bringing energy and clarity to the diatribe against our fast food culture.