Displays a wicked sense of fun. "Sarah Weinman, The Washington Post" A short, tight, grimly funny dark crime-comedy about losers, hustlers, alcoholics, murder, lowlifes, and a sexy broad with a heart of ice. I loved it. "Sam Coale, Providence Journal" A hard-boiled, modern shoot-'em-up in which nobody's hands are clean but everyone gets great lines. "Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today" Reads like a Coen brothers movie waiting to happen, a cross between "Blood Simple" and "No Country for Old Men." "Andrew Ervin, The Miami Herald" The God I want to believe in has a voice and a sense of humor like Denis Johnson's. "Jonathan Franzen" We can hear Twain in [Johnson's] bitter irony, Whitman in his erotic excess . . . An amazingly talented writer. "Vince Passaro, Newsday" Good morning and please listen to me: Denis Johnson is a true American artist. "Jim Lewis, The New York Times Book Review""

Denis Johnson is the author of eight novels, one novella, one book of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His novel "Tree of Smoke" won the 2007 National Book Award.