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Winner of the National Book Award

One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

Named a Best Book of the Year by Time , The Washington Post , The Boston Globe , Chicago Tribune , San Francisco Chronicle , Amazon.com, Salon , Slate , The National Book Critics Circle, The Christian Science Monitor. . . .

Tree of Smoke is the story of William "Skip" Sands, CIA--engaged in Pschological Operations against the Vietcong--and the disasters that befall him. It is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert and into a war where the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In the words of Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times , Tree of Smoke is "bound to become one of the classic works of literature produced by that tragic and uncannily familiar war."

丹尼斯·约翰逊（1949— ）　生于德国慕尼黑，长于日本、菲律宾和美国，曾获众多文学奖项。根据他的作品《耶稣之子》改编的同名电影被《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》等评为年度十佳电影；《烟树》获2007年美国全国图书奖，并获普利策奖提名。

约翰逊是一个极力避免聚光灯的作家。他没有自己的网站，从不为自己的书作宣传。甚至在全国图书奖颁奖当晚，他都远在伊拉克体验生活。

约翰逊善以后现代主义的笔法描写那些在宏大时代和悲惨命运中痛苦挣扎的灵魂。有人认为，他的作品有一种狂乱和痛苦的美，和陀思妥耶夫斯基笔下的人物一样凄凉，和爱伦·坡一样充满激情，让人恐惧。