Tree of Smoke

Tree of Smoke
Denis Johnson
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Paperback
h197 x 130mm - 624pg
1 Aug 2008 UK
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9780330449212
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Twenty-five years in its conception, Tree of Smoke is a dark, indelible epic about the American empire in decline ‘Once upon a time there was a war, and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me.’ This is the story of Skip Sands, a CIA spy engaged in psychological operations against the Viet Cong, and the disasters that befall him. It is also the story of two brothers heading towards self-destruction, and a story about double agents, missionaries, killers for hire and lost souls desperate for sex, death or God – and thus an end to their loneliness. His first full-length novel in nine years, and one that describes a war where disinformation has become self-delusion,Tree of Smoke is Johnson's most gripping, visionary and ambitious work to date.
"Denis Johnson is a true American artist, and "Tree of Smoke "is a tremendous book.""--The New York Times Book Review
""The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humor like Denis Johnson's."--Jonathan Franzen"" "I can't be sure that there's been a better American novel published in the past ten years. It is a masterpiece."--"The Miami Herald
""It will . . . get inside your head like the war it is describing--mystifying, horrifying, mesmerizing. [Johnson] has written a book that by the end wraps around you as tightly as a snake."--"The Washington Post Book World
"""Tree of Smoke" is a masterpiece of language and depth."--"San Francisco Chronicle
""Johnson has captured the zeitgeist of American experience as surely as Twain, Hemingway, or Ellison."--"New York Post"
"Opens a window onto a world of mystery, war, and intrigue whose importance in the (usually) unwritten history of our republic can't be denied."--"Chicago Tribune"" """Johnson has written his "War and Peace,""--"Harper's Magazine""
Denis Johnson is the author of several novels, including Already Dead (published by Picador), Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Fiskadoro, The Stars at Noon, Angels and The Name of the World, plus a collection of short stories, Jesus' Son, and four volumes of poetry. He lives in northern Idaho.
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ISBN-13: 9780330449212
Published: 1 Aug 2008
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Pages: 624
Dewey: 813.54

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