Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

<p>Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a finalist for the National Book Award!</p><p>From the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection, <em>Brief Encounters with Che Guevara</em>, comes <em>Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk</em> ("The <em>Catch-22</em> of the Iraq War" —Karl Marlantes).</p><p>A razor-sharp satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq, it explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad.</p><p>Ben Fountain’s remarkable debut novel 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.</p>