A review by chiyeunglau
Angels, by Denis Johnson
5.0
I never knew I could tear up and sympathize with a murderer, but I did.
Denis Johnson makes us love these imperfect and awful people and I can't help but open my heart to them.
One of my favorite quotes from the novel:
"When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all -- cash, booze, and a wife -- he couldn't be distracted from the great emptiness that was always falling through him and never hit the ground."
Denis Johnson makes us love these imperfect and awful people and I can't help but open my heart to them.
One of my favorite quotes from the novel:
"When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all -- cash, booze, and a wife -- he couldn't be distracted from the great emptiness that was always falling through him and never hit the ground."