Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - A Novel

Winner of the National Book Critics'' Circle Award for Fiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and a National Book Award Finalist Three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare with Iraqi insurgents--and the video that went viral--transformed the Bravo Squad into America''s most sought-after heroes. Ben Fountain''s novel follows the surviving members of the Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys. Freshman Common Read: Brandeis University

Product details

• Authors: Ben Fountain
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.10.2016
• EAN: 9780062656568
• ISBN: 978-0-06-265656-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 191 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: War & Military, FICTION: Media Tie-In, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FICTION, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: AMERICAN HISTORY & SOCIETY, FICTION: Humorous / Black Humor, Literature / General Fiction, First Year Experience / Fiction, First Year Experience / American History & Society