{"product_id":"tree-of-smoke","title":"Tree of Smoke","description":"\u003cp\u003e ‘Once upon a time there was a war, and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me.’ \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is the story of Skip Sands, a CIA spy engaged in psychological operations against the Viet Cong, and the disasters that befall him. It is also the story of two brothers heading towards self-destruction, and a story about double agents, missionaries, killers for hire and lost souls desperate for sex, death or God – and thus an end to their loneliness. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e His first full-length novel in nine years, and one that desribes a war where disinformation has become self-delusion,\u003ci\u003eTree of Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e is Johnson's most gripping, visionary and ambitious work to date. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humour like Denis Johnson's' Jonathan Franzen \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'Prose of amazing power and stylishness' Philip Roth \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'There isn't an American voice I love more than Denis Johnson's' Michael Herr \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ‘A true legislator of the tortured American soul in ceaseless prose of redeeming brilliance’ Alan Warner \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Intelligence officers, United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780330449205\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Johnson, Denis","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £24.44","offer_id":48135441350833,"sku":"SB-0330449206-C4","price":24.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0330449206.jpg?v=1793754720","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/tree-of-smoke","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}