A review by msjoanna
Angels, by Denis Johnson

5.0

This book does down-and-out no-good characters like few authors can manage. The prose just pops off the page and sparkles with realism, depression, and loneliness in a way that's both gut-wrenching and impossible to put down. Not for the faint of heart, this book describes the lives of drugged-out characters on the edges of society in gritty detail with no happy endings to be found. Yet, somehow, I still cared about these unlikeable and basically lousy characters. An impressive first novel by this author; I'll definitely look for his other work. Copies of this book are hard to come by, but worth tracking down if you can.