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Tree of Smoke

By: Denis Johnson

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Paperback | 27 November 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Tree of Smoke â" the name given to a âpsy opâ that might or might not be hypothetical and might or might not be officially sanctioned â" is Denis Johnsonâs most gripping, visionary and ambitious work to date. Set in south-east Asia and the US, and spanning two decades, it ostensibly tells the story of Skip Sands, a CIA spy who may or may not be engaged in psychological operations against the Viet Cong -- but also takes the reader on a surreal yet vivid journey, dipping in and out of charactersâ lives to reveal fundamental truths at the heart of the human condition.

âA Catch-22 for our timesâ Alan Warner, Books of the Year, Observer

''The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humour like Denis Johnson''s'' Jonathan Franzen

âAn epic of drenched sensuality and absurdly chewable dialogue, as though Don DeLillo and Joseph Heller had collaborated on a Vietnam war novelâ Steven Poole, Books of the Year, New Statesman

Industry Reviews

"Denis Johnson is a true American artist, and "Tree of Smoke "is a tremendous book.""--The New York Times Book Review
""The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humor like Denis Johnson's."--Jonathan Franzen"" "I can't be sure that there's been a better American novel published in the past ten years. It is a masterpiece."--"The Miami Herald
""It will . . . get inside your head like the war it is describing--mystifying, horrifying, mesmerizing. [Johnson] has written a book that by the end wraps around you as tightly as a snake."--"The Washington Post Book World
"""Tree of Smoke" is a masterpiece of language and depth."--"San Francisco Chronicle
""Johnson has captured the zeitgeist of American experience as surely as Twain, Hemingway, or Ellison."--"New York Post"
"Opens a window onto a world of mystery, war, and intrigue whose importance in the (usually) unwritten history of our republic can't be denied."--"Chicago Tribune"" """Johnson has written his "War and Peace,""--"Harper's Magazine""

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