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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New

2 reviews
Denis Johnson

Harper Perennial, 1996

Will the Poet Come Home?
Doubtless, Denis Johnson is an extraordinary writer of fiction: his stories and novels are terrifying, delightful, hilarious, and bleak. But it remains, even in the prose, the quality of the language, the strange otherworldly perceptions he distills to image and figure, that drives the work. JESUS' SON is a great work, as is ANGELS. The other novels and stories would be enough to give him a ...

One Man by Himself: Portraits of Jon Serl (Profile Series)

1 review
Sam Messer, Denis Johnson, ...

Hard Press (MA), 1995

One Man By Himself,Portraits of Jon Serl
I received this beautiul book yesterday as a gift.Today I am ordering another copy to give to a friend. Visually the book is a delight. Messer, the young artist, captures the aging artist's eccentric personality and his stage in life with bold brushstrokes. The combination of fascinating paintings and a lively, engaging narrative make this an exquisite artbook not to be missed.

Incognito Lounge

1 review
Denis Johnson

Random House, 1982

Smoking poems
I have never honestly even tried to read a lot of poetry but I can tell you that the few poems I do like are probably as good as anything I've ever read elsewhere. Even parts of some of these can take a bite out of me. Like for instance the italicised opening section of The Confession of St. Jim-Ralph in The Incognito Lounge: this mini rake's progress is so strongly and so evocatively rendered ...

Seeds of Victory: Psychological Warfare & Propaganda (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)

2 reviews
Richard Denis Johnson

Schiffer Publishing, 1997

exceptional book
Very well written with historical information on each leaflet. Intresting reading with translations and notes, and even the weight (stock) of the paper for propaganda leaflets . This is a great reference and educational guide on Psychological Warfare. A must read for all interested in the Gulf War, the military, and the human mind.

Tiger Patterns: A Guide to the Vietnam War's Tigerstripe Combat Fatigue Patterns and Uniforms (Schiffer ...

5 reviews
Richard Denis Johnson

Schiffer Publishing, 1999

EXCELLENT
This is an EXCELLENT book about Vietnam War Tiger dtripe uniforms. THis is a book for experts or for whom wants to be the Tigerstripe uniform expert. If you like to study Vietnam War stuffs. THe last thing you want to miss is this book.

Fiskadoro

10 reviews
Denis Johnson

Harper Perennial, 1995

Post-Modern Popul Vuh ?
You've gotta love an eschatology that encompasses Bob Marley, Jesus and Quetzalcoatl. Denis Johnson's coming of age story revolves around the boy Fiskadoro, and his clarinet teacher, Mr. Cheung. These inhabitants of Twicetown (set in the post-WWIII Florida Keys), some of whom speak in a Spanglish or Rastafari patois, are trying to restart civilization from the remains of the old. The ...

Angels

19 reviews
Denis Johnson

Vintage, 2003

A Life of Wonders...
In "Angels" I think Denis Johnson is focusing on the mystery of being a particular self, and questioning how much of the stuff that goes together to make a self is actually that person's own doing. His vehicle for this exploration is the underbelly of the USA, and here he taps into a tradition in American writing stretching through Kerouac, and Fante, Bukowski, Miller and Dreiser, and no doubt ...

Jesus' son

94 reviews
Denis Johnson

Christian Bourgois, 1996

Children of loneness
In Denis Johnson's stunning collection of short stories "Jesus' Son", there is an image that stays with you most of the time. This is the picture of loneness and desolation. In one of the best tales, called "Emergency", the main character whose name goes by FH and a friend drive through the country. They eventually find a drive-in. But the weather is awful and there is no one in there - even ...

Darwinism Defeated?

9 reviews
Phillip E. Johnson, Denis O. Lamoureux

Regent College Publishing, 1999

Johnson on Trial
I cut my theological teeth on the Origins debate. As an Evangelical and a student of biological science, I soon supped upon a steady diet of Phillip Johnson and Michael Behe. I shared Johnson's outrage at an academic world with atheistic assumptions. I revelled in his out-sciencing the scientists; he was winning back atheistic turf! I fretted over the dismissal of his arguments by Stephen Jay ...

Seek

7 reviews
Denis Johnson

Methuen Publishing Ltd, 2004

Seeker's Progress
Denis Johnson is that rare and wonderful thing: a lyrical writer with a brain. This is a collection of non-fiction essays he has published over the last 20 years, and it should win him many new fans who aren't familiar with his acclaimed fiction and poetry. The title, "Seek", is well chosen. Johnson presents himself as a seeker after truth, both physical and metaphysical. He brings with him ...

Shoppers : Two Plays by Denis Johnson

1 review
Denis Johnson, 2002

Second-Rate Sam Shepherd--With Promise
You have to hand it to the author, he's found a rich vein of critically acclaimed theater to ape in his debut as a playwright. These two plays, with shared characters between them, pluck some of the most pleasing tropes of Sam Shepherd's more cogent writing (criminal brothers, abusive mothers, emotionally paralized fathers, powerless clergymen--heck, almost all of Buried Child, though in this ...

Already Dead: A California Gothic

38 reviews
Denis Johnson

Harper Perennial, 1998

Worth the effort
I read this book for the first time ages ago, during the year that my book THE YEAR OF YES takes place. My male roommate (and sometime crush) threw it at me and yelled "Oh My God! It's The Best Book I've Ever Read!" This made me both suspicious and intrigued. Zay often loves books I subsequently determine to be just too guy-ish for me. Big on the existentialists, and Beat poets, both of which ...

Already Dead
Denis Johnson

Picador, 1999

Tree of Smoke

78 reviews
Denis Johnson

Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007

Haunting, moving, and evocative
Those who bought this book expecting a "Vietnam book" were perhaps disappointed. Those of us who expected a haunting and penetrating psychological portrayal of a time, a country (or two), and a fascinating set of characters were richly rewarded. Yes, this book is slow, and contemplative, and wanders into theology. And yes, this book is very, very good.

The Name of the World

30 reviews
Denis Johnson

Methuen Publishing Ltd, 2001

He drops the ball
For the first nine-tenths, maybe, this novel is almost perfect; I got the sense that no _word_ could be replaced. The measured complacency of the prose gives a perfect sense of character; a sense of a man, in fact, who doesn't have a great deal of character, and is aware of it. It's seamless. I never questioned anything about the book - never found myself thinking of it as a novel, or of the ...

The Stars at Noon

3 reviews
Denis Johnson

Harper Perennial, 1995

Vastly underrated
This is easily some of Johnson's best work. Granted, it's short, and there may not be enough space to develop such an ambitious story in such a setting, but I think he selects all the right details. One sentence is enough to bring some strange corner of a horrifyingly corrupt city into focus(...). It's not up to the mythic level of Jesus' Son, true, but it's a different kind of book. It's less ...

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man

11 reviews
Denis Johnson

Harper Perennial, 2001

Outstanding book...
This book was quite enjoyable. It is impossible not to get submerged into the story, Johnson hooks you and never lets go. Denis Johnson is a master of the English language. It seems like every word is necessary for the story. Johnson has a focus on providing the reader a well-written novel that lacks useless page filling words. Resuscitation of a Hanged Man makes you question your own life. This ...

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