The Laughing Monsters by Johnson, Denis

The Laughing Monsters

A post-9/11 literary spy thriller from the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke Adriko is...
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Author: Denis Johnson
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The Laughing Monsters by Johnson, Denis

The Laughing Monsters

CHF 22.48

The Laughing Monsters

CHF 22.48
Author: Denis Johnson
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A post-9/11 literary spy thriller from the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke

Adriko is an African who styles himself a soldier of fortune and who claims to have served, at various times, the Ghanaian army, the Kuwaiti Emiri Guard, and the American Green Berets. He's probably broke now, but he remains, at thirty-six, as stirred by his own doubtful schemes as he was a decade ago.

Although Nair believes some kind of money-making plan lies at the back of it all, Adriko's stated reason for inviting his friend to Freetown is for Nair to meet Adriko's fiancée, a college girl named Davidia from Colorado. Together the three set out to visit Adriko's clan in the Uganda-Congo borderland-but each of these travelers is keeping secrets from the others. Their journey through a land abandoned by the future leads Adriko, Nair, and Davidia to meet themselves not in a new light, but rather in a new darkness.

A high-suspense tale of kaleidoscoping loyalties in the post-9/11 world, Denis Johnson's The Laughing Monsters shows one of our great novelists at the top of his game.

Author: Denis Johnson
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 10/13/2015
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781250074911


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/06/2015 pg. 84

About the Author
Denis Johnson (1949-2017) is the author of eight novels, one novella, one book of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His novel Tree of Smoke won the 2007 National Book Award.


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