BookOpinion

Amazon has released the first chapter of “Tree of Smoke” by Denis Johnson, one of the top selling new releases to hit bookstores. Johnson reportedly spent nearly two decades working on the novel. The New York Times calls it “a tremendous book.”

The 5:35 excerpt of “Tree of Smoke” can be listened to here as part as Amazon’s free podcasts.

“Entirely unabridged and narrated by the phenomenal Will Patton,” writes Amazon, “Tree of Smoke is an epic story of men at war in Vietnam, richly textured and driven by characters both hopeful and desperate… according to senior editor Tom Nissley, ‘the book Johnson fans have been waiting for–along with everybody else, whether they knew it or not.’”

BookOpinion also has compiled reviews and an excerpt of “Tree of Smoke” here.