{"product_id":"flagrant-self-destructive-gestures-a-biography-of-denis-johnson-paperback","title":"Flagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures: A Biography of Denis Johnson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Geltner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The year was 1988, and Denis Johnson was at a low point. He caught malaria on a reporting trip into the jungles of the Philippines and was nearly pronounced dead. The disease left him unable to write. His second wife left him. He didn't have enough money to pay his taxes. His publisher was waiting for a book that he hadn't started. But in the life of Denis Johnson, when things were at their bleakest, something good was usually waiting around the next corner. This time, what emerged from the chaos was his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eJesus' Son\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that would tap into the zeitgeist of the 1990s and become a bible for Generation X and an American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlagrant, Self-Destructive Gestures\u003c\/i\u003e tells the complete story of Johnson's fascinating life, his thrill-seeking trips into war zones as a magazine correspondent, his battles with addiction, his live-it-before-you-write-it style of fiction. It follows the arc of his tremendous body of work as a novelist, journalist, poet, and playwright, and in the process recovers the true stories from the hazy myths that one of our most beloved, yet enigmatic, writers left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Geltner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of journalism at Valdosta State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBlood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews. \u003c\/i\u003eHis journalism has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Gainesville, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44810571415654,"sku":"9781685970376","price":30.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YFxlcDyQxW9781685970376.webp?v=1771620824","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/flagrant-self-destructive-gestures-a-biography-of-denis-johnson-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}