| Tree of Smoke Contributor(s): Johnson, Denis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312427743 ISBN-13: 9780312427740 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: From the author of "Jesus Son" comes this long-awaited follow-up--a tale of two American families swept up in the secrets and lies of the Vietnam war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007006562 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.5" W x 8" (1.20 lbs) 720 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 119129 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 31.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearThe God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humor like Denis Johnson's." --Jonathan Franzen Named A Best Book of the Year by Time, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Slate, The National Book Critics Circle, The Christian Science Monitor. . . Tree of Smoke is the story of William Skip Sands, CIA--engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong--and the disasters that befall him. It is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert and into a war where the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In the words of Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times, Tree of Smoke is bound to become one of the classic works of literature produced by that tragic and uncannily familiar war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Denis: - Denis Johnson (1949-2017) is the author of eight novels, one novella, one book of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His novel Tree of Smoke won the 2007 National Book Award. |