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| Author | Denis Johnson |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | September 4, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 624 |
Tree of Smoke is a 2007 novel by American author Denis Johnson. The novel follows a man named Skip Sands who joins the CIA in 1965 and begins working in Vietnam during the American involvement there. The time frame of the novel is from 1963 to 1970, with a coda set in 1983. One of the novel's protagonists is Bill Houston, who was the main character in Johnson's 1983 debut novel Angels. Tree of Smoke won the National Book Award for Fiction[1][2] and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[3]
- ^ "National Book Awards – 2007". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
(With interview, acceptance speech by Johnson, essay by Matthew Pitt from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog, and other material linked to Johnson's name.) - ^ Thompson, Bob (November 15, 2007). "Johnson's 'Tree of Smoke' Wins National Book Award". Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
- ^ "Fiction". Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved March 27, 2012.