The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

"Nobody ever wrote like Denis Johnson, the hardcore minimalist author who died last May at 67. His last book might be the best one he ever wrote – it’s an unceasingly bleak but beautiful collection of short stories, focusing on the lost, the hurting and the downtrodden. Johnson always embraced the dark, but reluctantly; he refused to shy away from the brutal, the violent and the desperate. He was the last of his breed, and it was a breed of one. His final collection is stunning, brilliant and as unique as the author himself."

"Denis Johnson's final book, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden."