by Denis Johnson (Author)
A collection of linked stories narrated by a recovering alcoholic and heroin addict, Jesus' Son is a disturbing portrayal of loneliness and hope. He travels through an American underworld of burnt-out sports stars, hospital waiting rooms, doomed relationships and senseless violence.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
Published: 20 May 2004
ISBN 10: 041377242X
ISBN 13: 9780413772428
Book Overview: Denis Johnson is the author of The Name of the World , shortlisted for the 2001 Irish Times International Novel Prize. He has received a Lanning Fellowship and the Whiting Writer's Award and was a 2001 Pen/Faulkner Award finalist.