After reading Fiskadoro
and Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son is a disappointment. It is a romp, and full of energy and
drive. Johnson provides humor,
pathos, and interlocks the stories in ingenious ways. Yet for all this, the collection lacks
depth. It is as if Johnson was so eager
to give his collection speed and verve, that he forgot or failed to give it complexity.
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