Thursday, August 30, 2007

DJ Love Fest


Here's a glowing review of Denis' new novel, Tree of Smoke.

A few kudos:

"What’s amazing is that Mr. Johnson somehow manages to take these derivative elements and turn them into something highly original — and potent."

"His heat-seeking eye for detail and his ability to render those observations in hot, tactile prose, however, immerse us so thoroughly in the fetid world of the war and the even more noxious world of espionage that they effectively erase the book’s occasional longueurs."

"He has written a flawed but deeply resonant novel that is bound to become one of the classic works of literature produced by that tragic and uncannily familiar war."

4 comments:

bearden said...

DJ is a stud. When does the book drop?

molfe said...

Sept. 4

Amelia said...

Woah, did you catch the second review, by Jim Lewis, in the Sunday Book Review?

"Good morning and please listen to me: Denis Johnson is a true American artist, and “Tree of Smoke” is a tremendous book..."

link

jack said...

another glowing review on "all things considered," toady.