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I was looking for a little piece of Americana in this novella, and Denis Johnson certainly delivered. It tells the story of Robert Granier, who's an everyday kind of guy, working in logging and bridge building in the early 20th Century. It's a sad story, since Granier lives, for the most part, a lonely (and long) life against the stunning backdrop of the Idaho Panhandle. Granier does experience love, but it's a love that is tragically cut short due to a raging fire that transforms the landscape
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This story feels a little like Cormac McCarthy of the Northwest, although Johnson's characterization of Grainer has a more compassionate feel than McCarthy.
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Jan 20, 2015
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