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Denis Johnson

2 books reviewed Avg rating 4.2 / 5Top rating 4.3 / 5

2 Books Reviewed

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Jesus' Son

by Denis Johnson

4.3

Eleven linked short stories following a nameless, druggy narrator through the American Midwest — car crashes, hospitals, petty crime, heroin, grace and violence in equal measure. Johnson's collection is one of the most acclaimed works of short fiction in American literature.

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Tree of Smoke

by Denis Johnson

4.0

Vietnam, 1963 to 1983. Skip Sands is a CIA officer working for his uncle, a legendary colonel running a psychological operations program called Tree of Smoke. Around him: two brothers from Arizona, a Canadian missionary, a double agent. Johnson's National Book Award winner is the major American novel about the Vietnam War.

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