num_pages: 80
description: Raymond Carver said of The Incognito Lounge, Denis Johnson’s third and most widely acclaimed book of The subject matter is harrowingly convincing, is nothing less than a close examination of the darker side of human conduct. Why do we act this way? Johnson asks. How should we act? His best poems are examples of what the finest poetry can bring us closer to ourselves and at the same time put us in touch with something larger.
language: English
title: The Incognito Lounge
titlecomplete: The Incognito Lounge (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)
genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 535
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Poetry Series
publisher: Carnegie Mellon University Press