Angels (novel)
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| Author | Denis Johnson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 1983 |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0060988821 |
Angels is a 1983 novel by American author Denis Johnson. It was Johnson's first novel; previously, he had published several books of poetry. Alice Hoffman, writing for the New York Times, referred to the novel as "a mixture of poetry and obscenity".[1] Angels follows two characters – Jamie, a young mother fleeing her abusive husband, and Bill Houston, a restless ex-convict – who encounter one another on an interstate bus trip. Bill Houston also appears in Johnson's novel Tree of Smoke, which won the National Book Award in 2007.[2]
In 1999, David Foster Wallace included the novel on his list of overlooked American books published after 1960.[3]
References
- ^ Hoffman, Alice (October 2, 1983). "Slumps and Tailspins". The New York Times. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ "Tree of Smoke". Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ Wallace, David Foster (April 12, 1999). "Overlooked: Five direly under appreciated U.S. novels >1960". Salon. Retrieved October 10, 2016.