The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Completed before his death in May 2017, Denis Johnson’s second short story collection comes 26 years after his first, Jesus’ Son. Fittingly, the pieces in The Largesse of the Sea Maiden are more reflective in tone, longer in the telling, and lighter on the mayhem. What hasn’t changed is Johnson’s masterful phrasing and his mordant humor. …
