Tree of Smoke
$28.86
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Tree of Smoke - the name given to a ‘psyop’ that may or may not be hypothetical and may or may not be officially sanctioned - is Denis Johnson’s most gripping, visionary and ambitious work.
Set across south-east Asia and the United States, and spanning two decades, Tree of Smoke tells the story of Skip Sands, a CIA spy who may or may not be engaged in psychological operations against the Viet Cong. Skating across Vietna…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035091317 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035091313 |
| Author: | Denis Johnson |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 418g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
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Critics Review
An artist of strange diligence … Tree of Smoke is as excessive and messy as Moby Dick … It’s a big, dirty, unmade bed of a book and, once you settle in you’re in no hurry to get out. – Geoff Dyer * Guardian *
Denis Johnson is a true American artist, and Tree of Smoke is a tremendous book, a strange entertainment, very long but very fast, a great whirly ride * New York Times *
The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humor like Denis Johnson’s – Jonathan Franzen
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 *
An epic of drenched sensuality and absurdly chewable dialogue, as though Don DeLillo and Joseph Heller had collaborated on a Vietnam War novel – Steven Poole, Books of the Year * New Statesman *
A Catch-22 for our times – Alan Warner, Books of the Year * The Observer *
About The Author
Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson was the author of several novels, including Already Dead, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Fiskadoro, The Stars at Noon, Angels, and The Name of the World. He also published a collection of short stories, Jesus’ Son, and four volumes of poetry. He died in Sea Ranch, CA in 2017 at the age of 67.
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