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Twenty-five years in the making, a dark, indelible epic of the American empire in decline from the author of Jesus' Son , "one of the best and most compelling novelists in the nation" ( Elle )

Product Identifiers

PublisherMacmillan Audio

ISBN-101427202141

ISBN-139781427202147

eBay Product ID (ePID)59781300

Product Key Features

Book TitleTree of Smoke

TopicWar & Military, Literary

Publication Year2007

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorDenis Johnson

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.6in.

Item Length5.9in.

Item Width5.1in.

Item Weight18.4 Oz

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"This is the very talented Will Paton's greatest performance as a reader so far. His range of voices and evocation of character--the hopeful, the innocent, the cynical, the despairing and the mad--bring the tale to even more terrible and blistered life than the book itself, making it a 23-hour excursion into mesmerizing darkness."--The Washington Post "Patton is outstanding...[his] performance is quiet, powerful, and gut-wrenching....This is MUST listening."--AudioFile Magazine "Denis Johnson's novel,Tree of Smoke, is masterful and irredeemably dark...Will Patton's seamless narration transforms this novel into a superb audio."--BookPage "Will Patton's reading of "Tree of Smoke" is superb...The experience overall is one of hallucinatory horror, laugh-out-loud outrage, of sadness at the tremendous waste of lives, money and the national pride that went into Vietnam and did not return."--Sarasota Herald-Tribune "Easily the best audiobook I listened to in 2007, "Tree of Smoke" has been called a Vietnam War book, but its reach is much deeper...Johnson has written a powerful document, and Patton matches the depth and breadth of the novel with a performance that captures the nuance of the language..."--Times Union"American actor Will Patton provides an excellent fully-voiced reading...it fits the story like a glove. He will keep listeners involved." -SoundLibrary.com Praise for Denis Johnson: "Once Johnson gets his hooks into you--it takes about two sentences--it's...pretty much impossible to stop reading." --The New York Times Book Review, Praise for Denis Johnson: "Once Johnson gets his hooks into you--it takes about two sentences--it's...pretty much impossible to stop reading." --"The New York Times Book Review", "This is the very talented Will Paton's greatest performance as a reader so far. His range of voices and evocation of character-the hopeful, the innocent, the cynical, the despairing and the mad-bring the tale to even more terrible and blistered life than the book itself, making it a 23-hour excursion into mesmerizing darkness."-- The Washington Post "Patton is outstanding...[his] performance is quiet, powerful, and gut-wrenching....This is MUST listening."-- AudioFile Magazine "Denis Johnson's novel, Tree of Smoke , is masterful and irredeemably darkâ€¦Will Patton's seamless narration transforms this novel into a superb audio." --BookPage "Will Patton's reading of "Tree of Smoke" is superb...The experience overall is one of hallucinatory horror, laugh-out-loud outrage, of sadness at the tremendous waste of lives, money and the national pride that went into Vietnam and did not return." --Sarasota Herald-Tribune "Easily the best audiobook I listened to in 2007, "Tree of Smoke" has been called a Vietnam War book, but its reach is much deeper...Johnson has written a powerful document, and Patton matches the depth and breadth of the novel with a performance that captures the nuance of the language..."- -Times Union "American actor Will Patton provides an excellent fully-voiced readingâ€¦it fits the story like a glove. He will keep listeners involved." SoundLibrary.com Praise for Denis Johnson: "Once Johnson gets his hooks into you-it takes about two sentences-it's...pretty much impossible to stop reading." - The New York Times Book Review

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes18 Vols.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition