Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me.
This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature.
Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson's first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date.
This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature.
Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson's first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date.
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Hardback Editions
April 2008 : Library Binding
| Title: Tree of Smoke Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 1-4104-0591-5 / 978-1-4104-0591-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Tree of Smoke Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 0-330-44920-6 / 978-0-330-44920-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Tree of Smoke: A Novel Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 0-374-27912-8 / 978-0-374-27912-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Tree of Smoke: A Novel Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 0-312-42774-3 / 978-0-312-42774-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Tree of Smoke Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 0-330-44921-4 / 978-0-330-44921-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: Tree of Smoke Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 0-230-70368-2 / 978-0-230-70368-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
September 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Tree of Smoke: A Novel Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 1-4272-0214-1 / 978-1-4272-0214-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Macmillan Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Tree of Smoke - A Novel Author(s): Denis Johnson ISBN: 0-7927-5035-7 / 978-0-7927-5035-2 (USA edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
September 2007 : Kindle edition
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January 2007 : Unknown
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