Comment on Denis Johnson, Who Wrote of the Failed and the Desperate, Dies at 67

RICHARD SANDOMIR, New York Times: Obituaries
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 5:54pm

Denis Johnson, Who Wrote of the Failed and the Desperate, Dies at 67

Mr. Johnson, the author of “Jesus’ Son,” peopled his novels, stories and poems with drifters, addicts, inmates and spies.