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Denis Hale Johnson ( 1949 - 2017 ) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son. His most successful novel, Tree of Smoke, won the National Book Award for Fiction. Johnson was twice shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Bibliography

Standalone Fiction

Angels

Angels


Fiskadoro

The Stars at Noon

Resuscitation of a Hanged Man

Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son

Short story collection

Already Dead

The Name of the World

Shoppers

Shoppers

Script

Tree of Smoke

Nobody Move

Train Dreams

Train Dreams

Novella

Soul of a Whore and Purvis

The Laughing Monsters

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

Short story collection

Standalone Non-fiction

Seek

Seek

Works of Poetry

The Incognito Lounge

The Veil

The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly

The Man Among the Seals & Inner Weather

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