Instead he found evidence he considered far more incriminating than had previously been known. Today, any historian, whether professional or amateur, formulating an opinion of the Church's role in W.W.II must take into account the formidable arguments John Cornwell makes in Hitler's Pope . By combining the painstaking research of other scholars with his own new documentation on Pius's knowledge and behavior during World War II, John Cornwell, a British journalist and research associate of Jesus College, Cambridge, makes a case in Hitler's Pope that is difficult to refute. One of the most common answers, Denis Johnson . Writers as diverse as Chuck Palahniuk , Alice Hoffman , Michael Chabon , and George Plimpton admire Johnson openly.
Critics are equally enamored.
But more important than the opinions of writers and critics, Denis Johnson engages readers. His best known work, the strangely affecting story collection Jesus' Son , is as much a favorite of rockers and truck drivers as it is of the literati. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that though Denis Johnson's writing displays a poet's ear for language and a philosopher's grasp of complex ideas, he never writes down to his readers. His characters may lead quirky, sad, and, at times, surreal lives, but they are always portrayed with visceral immediacy, sly humor, and genuine pathos. After his wife and child were killed in a terrible accident Mike Reed has lost the will to live.