Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
Man at His Best
Denis Johnson Killed the Sixties
WITH TREE OF SMOKE, THE AUTHOR OF ANGELS' LONGAWAITED BIG BOOK FINALLY ARRIVES. FORTY YEARS LATE.
September
1
2007
TOM CHIARELLA
Denis Johnson Killed the Sixties
TOM CHIARELLA
September
1
2007
View Article Pages
Man at His Best
Denis Johnson Killed the Sixties
WITH TREE OF SMOKE, THE AUTHOR OF ANGELS' LONGAWAITED BIG BOOK FINALLY ARRIVES. FORTY YEARS LATE.
September
1
2007
TOM CHIARELLA
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FEATURES
Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die
September
2007
By
LUKE DITTRICH
God's Not Watching Baghdad
September
2007
By
Brian Mockenhaupt
esquire fiction
The Turnaround Is at Hand
September
2007
By
Ralph Lombreglia
FEATURES
Sean Penn Is a Great American
September
2007
By
Scott Raab
THE GAME
The Last Boxer
September
2007
By
Chris Jones
ESQUIRE STYLE
Hizzoner
September
2007
By
ROSS McCAMMON
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FEATURES
Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die
September
2007
By
LUKE DITTRICH
God's Not Watching Baghdad
September
2007
By
Brian Mockenhaupt
esquire fiction
The Turnaround Is at Hand
September
2007
By
Ralph Lombreglia
TOM CHIARELLA
PERFORMANCE 2005
A Clean Mind
April 2005
By
Tom Chiarella
A Thousand Dollars for Your Dog
MARCH 2006
By
Tom Chiarella
The 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century
David Petraeus
OCTOBER 2008
By
TOM CHIARELLA
Man at His Best
Man At His Best
G’Day,Wimp
September 1989
Man at His Best
Fetid Feet, the Great Wall of China & Catherine the Great's Horse
July 2003
Man at His Best
The Panama Hat
JULY 1983
By
John Berendt
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published