Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
By: Ben Fountain
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780857864406
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Iraq War (2003-2011) cct; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Veterans; Football and war; Fiction
Description: A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders. Asked to be part of the Dallas Cowboys' halftime show on Thanksgiving, Specialist Billy Lynn, one of the eight surviving men of the Bravo Squad, finds his life forever changed by this event that causes him to better understand difficult truths about himself.
Notes: Originally published: 2012.