- Critical Dissonance: Won the National Book Award for Fiction and is considered by many critics to be one of the best novels of the 2000's, yet readers have been a lot more split in opinion.
- Distant Prologue: Starts in 1963 and ends in 1983, the year of Angels, Denis Johnson's first novel. The Houston brothers are major characters in that book as well.
- Foregone Conclusion: Assuming you know anything about Angels, you know James and Bill Houston are going to survive the war.
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