“Rough hewn, obstinate, individual” – The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson

"The Largesse of the Sea Maiden doesn't come at you in the same way that Kent Haruf's Our Souls at Night did. It remains as rough hewn, as obstinate, as individual as you'd expect. Johnson is more of a Bowie - you sense he knew his own end was imminent through the clouds of these stories, but there is no breakdown, no call for understanding at last. What comfort there is comes at you like Ray Carver's later poems. This is life, you sense him shrugging. I'm done now..."

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