Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a
finalist for the National Book Award!
From the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed
short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, comes
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ("The Catch-22 of the Iraq War"
--Karl Marlantes).
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.
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.