Culture

How Denis Johnson Chased the Epic American Novel

R.I.P.

Never quite as famous as he deserved to be but always taking his readers on jarring and unexpected journeys, novelist Denis Johnson moved between the real and the surreal.

Elliot Ackerman
Elliot Ackerman
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