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âBrilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous.â
âNew York Times Book Review
âMothers, fathers, sons, and daughters: read this giant-hearted novel.â
âMARIA SEMPLE, author of Whereâd You Go, Bernadette
Three minutes and forty-three seconds of intensive warfare with Iraqi insurgentsâcaught on tape by an embedded Fox News crewâhas transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into Americaâs most sought-after heroes. Now theyâre on a media-intensive nationwide tour to reinvigorate public support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving Day, the Bravos are guests of a Dallas football team, slated to be part of the halftime show.
Among the Bravos is nineteen-year-old Specialist Billy Lynn. Surrounded by patriots sporting flag pins on their lapels and support our troops bumper stickers, he is thrust into the company of the teamâs owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a born-again cheerleader; a veteran Hollywood producer; and supersized players eager for a vicarious taste of war. Over the course of this day, Billy will drink and brawl, yearn for home and mourn those missing, face a heart-wrenching decision and discover pure love and a bitter wisdom far beyond his years.
Poignant, riotously funny, and exquisitely heartbreaking, Billy Lynnâs Long Halftime Walk is a searing and powerful novel that has cemented Ben Fountainâs reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation.
Categories:
- Romance
- Military
Publisher : Ecco
Author : Fountain, Ben
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2016-09-06
Number Of Pages : 336
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0062644025
ISBN-13 : 9780062644022
Item weight : 0.55 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 5.2 in x 8 in
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