Tree of smoke, paperback/denis johnson

A dark and indelible epic about the other side of the American Dream, this novel spans two decades and focuses on the Vietnam war.

Described by many as a }Catch-22{ for our times, it was highly acclaimed when it was published in hardback and won the American National Book Award For Fiction.

An epic of drenched sensuality and absurdly chewable dialogue.

Steven Poole, Books of the Year, }New Statesman{.