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"Tree of Smoke" is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction. One of the "New York Times" 10 Best Books of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by "Time, " "The Washington Post, " "The Boston Globe, " "Chicago"" Tribune, " "San Francisco"" Chronicle, " "Salon, " "Slate, " The National Book Critics Circle, "The Christian Science Monitor. . . . """"Tree of Smoke "is the story of William "Skip" Sands, CIA--engaged in Pschological Operations against the Vietcong--and the disasters that befall him. It is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert and into a war where the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away.
About the Author
Denis Hale Johnson (born July 1, 1949) is an American writer best known for his short story collection Jesus' Son (1992) and his novel Tree of Smoke (2007) , which won the National Book Award for Fiction. He also writes plays, poetry and non-fiction. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
