Denis Johnson

Books on prize lists

• Train Dreams

  Written in English

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  Pulitzer 2012 · Finalist

  Train Dreams

  Train Dreams

  Denis Johnson · 62 when first published

  Novella · Historical, Nature

  AIAI-generated summary:In the early twentieth century Robert Grainier, a humble labourer, helps build the railroads of the American West and spends summers in the wilds of Idaho, until a fire at home leaves him alone.

• Tree of Smoke

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  Pulitzer 2008 · Finalist

  Tree of Smoke

  Tree of Smoke

  Denis Johnson · 58 when first published

  Novel · War, Politics

  AIAI-generated summary:In the Philippines in 1963, a naive young CIA recruit goes to work for his uncle, a legendary colonel running secret psychological operations, and is drawn into the shadow side of the war in Vietnam.