denis johnson's <already dead>

[ray gonne]

new fucking cool novel alert!
this does relate to pynchon.
denis johnson's brand spanking new book, already dead, is the best i've
read by him, and i already thought he among the best writing actively
today. his treatment of the new age as a sort of fill-in for
conventional religion reminded me of pynchon's treatment of mythology
and feng shui in the new world. check it out--i'll buy you a beer if you
don't like it. his other books include jesus' son (short stories, a la
stephen wright's going native), fiskadoro (armaggedon novel), and the
incognito lounge (the future of poetry--narrative with line breaks).
ray