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

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

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