Tim Martin

Things fall apart in Denis Johnson’s latest novel of madness and anarchy in Sierra Leone

Denis Johnson’s splendidly unreliable spy-narrator in The Laughing Monsters makes for an equally unpredictable, uproarious plot

Money making schemes in Sierra Leone. Thinkstock Photos 
issue 28 March 2015
  • Comments

  • The Laughing Monsters

    Denis Johnson

    Harvill Secker, pp. 240

GIF Image

Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it

TRY 3 MONTHS FOR $5
Our magazine articles are for subscribers only. Start your 3-month trial today for just $5 and subscribe to more than one view

Read next

Trending

Jenny Lindsay

Scotland’s school toilet ruling is another win for women’s rights

In the Scottish Borders, Earlston Primary School’s newly built campus has no single-sex toilet provision. This astonishing planning decision was reportedly made after undertaking training by LGBT Youth Scotland. It was also based on the Scottish government’s similar guidance, which one can easily assume may well be based on the same advice, so eager have the

More on africa

Also by Tim Martin

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just £1 a month

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3.

Already a subscriber? Log in