- Title: Angels
- Author: Denis Johnson
- Purchased from Amazon (print)
- Started: 11/9/2015
- Finished: 11/22/2015
Another Denis Johnson novel, his first I believe. While not quite as polished as the other works of his I've read, I still very much enjoyed it. I had to force myself to slow down, reading it too quickly and not savoring his writing. In fact about 20 pages in I re-started the book realizing I just wasn't reading this thoroughly enough.
I thought the book lost its way a bit about 3/4s through, but picked back up again when Houston was on death row. If I had known about Johnson's work when I was in college I think I would have been obsessed (I'm close enough now as it is), the way I was with Henry Miller. It is fun to find an author whose work you love, that is for sure.
This was my choice for the book club I joined recently, curious to see if anyone else enjoyed it.
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