Jesus' Son

Author: Denis Johnson

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Price : $27.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780413772428
Publisher : Methuen Publishing Ltd
Imprint : METHUEN
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Publication date : 01 May 2004
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm
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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.

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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.

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