just got an ounce in the mail

Actually, it’s just an unproofed copy from FSG of Denis Johnson’s “Train Dreams.” Not quite as good, but just as surprising as I didn’t realize he was working on anything at the moment. Thought he was too busy homeschooling his kids and writing plays for Campo Santo. [...]

Nobody Move

With his last book, “Tree of Smoke,” Denis Johnson won the National Book Award. So what better to follow up that serious literary work than a pulpish noir crime [...]

Tree of Smoke

Denis Johnson is back once again with the National Book Award winner, “Tree of Smoke”, a Vietnam War era tale of intrigue and [...]