The Laughing Monsters: A Novel

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. First edition, stated first printing (full number line). 228 pages; 22 cm. Very fine in fine gently spine-sunned jacket in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780374280598 ; 0374280592

"A literary spy thriller set in Africa, where an intelligence agent is caught up in a get rich quick scheme"—Publisher

"Denis Hale Johnson (1949 – 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son (1992). His most successful novel, Tree of Smoke (2007), won the National Book Award for Fiction. Johnson was twice shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Altogether, Johnson was the author of nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His final work, a book of short stories titled The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, was published posthumously in 2018." —Wikipedia

World politics -- Fiction. Spies -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Weddings -- Fiction. Secrets -- Fiction. Service des renseignements -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Politique mondiale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Spy thrillers; suspense.