Reviews
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., "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 , Johnson Has Captured the Zeitgeist of American Experience As Surely As Twain, Hemingway, or Ellison., "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 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 a true American artist, and Tree of Smoke is a tremendous book." -- The New York Times Book Review "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, 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., I can't be sure that there's been a better American novel published in the past ten years. It is a masterpiece., "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 hisWar and Peace."--Harper's Magazine, "Denis Johnson is a true American artist, andTree of Smokeis 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 Smokeis 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 hisWar and Peace."--Harper's Magazine , "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, "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 "Damn impressive, a layered, rich, sweaty accomplishment of massive proportions."--Entertainment Weekly "Tree of Smokeis a Vietnam war novel almost without peer, in which 'the abyss is alive.' Johnson . . . has written the best work of his career, an existential tour de force."--The Plain Dealer(Cleveland) "Good morning and please listen to me: Denis Johnson is a true American artist, andTree of Smokeis a tremendous book."--The New York Times Book Review(cover review) "Johnson's power of empathy is a beam that radiates and cannot be modulated. It's helplessly total. . . . Johnson has written hisWar and Peace."--Harper's Magazine "Gorgeous prose . . . a heartbreaking portrait of war."--Outside "Tree of Smokeis a brilliant pillar of fire. . . . Haunting, tragic, and humane."--Men's Vogue "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 "An epic, wrenching new novel . . . delivers a beautifully layered, insightful, and visceral montage of stories."--The Seattle Times
