Books by Denis Johnson
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Book season this fall is amazing; there is an impressive pile on the sofa, but sadly (for the sake of science) I cannot find many books that I have only one reason for reading. I liked the title of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England (though nothing else about it) and so I have a library copy. Tree of Smoke is shaping up as the best American novel in years. The new Pamuk is getting me interested in rereading Dostoyevsky; it is sad to see Pamuk having written that he cannot imag...
4. Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke . The NYT gave it a rave, lead review , as did The Washington Post and other sources. So far it is being framed as the major American novel of the year. It’s an almost anachronistically modernist in its structure and seriousness. And is there really anything more to say about the Vietnam War? First I was bored but then I reread the first 150 pages and now I love it.