{"product_id":"billy-lynn-s-long-halftime-walk","title":"Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a finalist for the National Book AwardBrilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous. New York Times Book ReviewFrom the PEN\/Hemingway Awardwinning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, comes Billy Lynn s Long Halftime Walk ( The Catch22 of the Iraq War  Karl Marlantes).Three minutes and fortythree seconds of intensive warfare with Iraqi insurgentscaught on tape by an embedded Fox News crewhas transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into Americas most soughtafter heroes. Now theyre on a mediaintensive nationwide tour to reinvigorate public support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving Day, the Bravos are in Texas Stadium, slated to be part of the halftime show.Among the Bravos is nineteenyearold 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 teams owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a bornagain 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 heartwrenching decision and discover pure love and a bitter wisdom far beyond his years.Poignant, riotously funny, and exquisitely heartbreaking, Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk is a searing and powerful novel that has cemented Ben Fountains reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333366268149,"sku":"DADAX0060885599","price":18.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/816eF3TiHbL_7bb64852-d578-45b2-bc7f-d99f93be78a6.jpg?v=1763917662","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/billy-lynn-s-long-halftime-walk","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}