Surfing the Truth with Denis Johnson
A film adaptation of "The Stars at Noon" reminds me how much I miss my former teacher, not just his writing but his presence in this broken world.
By Michael Judge
I saw in the news recently that a film adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 1986 novel The Stars at Noon premiered last month at the Cannes Film Festival. My thoughts immediately traveled back to college and my first reading of the novel, a Graham Greene-like story of violence, depravity, and self-deception surrounding…
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