· As the news gets worse, I'm reminded of Ben Fountain's novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which follows Billy and his fellow Bravo squad soldiers as they are honored over the course of a day Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. · But Ben Fountain’s inspired, blistering war novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is about a group of special guests at the stadium: eight American soldiers Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. · Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain – review Here's a clever and imaginative take on the classic American combat novel, but has its author worshipped too long at the temple of Tom Wolfe?Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is both hilarious and heartbreaking."--Pat Conroy "Ben Fountain's Halftime is as close to the Great American Novel as anyone is likely to come these days--an extraordinary work that captures and releases the unquiet spirit of our age, and will probably be remembered as one of the important books of this decade. Ben Fountain was the The Billy Lynn of the title is a member of the Army's Bravo Company, eight of whom come out physically unscathed from the battle of Al-Ansakar Canal, a fierce firefight. Thoughts: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain Posted on 16 October by Dove I don't remember much about the film of this one, which I must have seen in , but I remember enjoying it, or at least being quite enthusiastic about the idea of reading the book it was based on.
· Rating details · 29, ratings · 3, reviews. Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk is 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. As the news gets worse, I'm reminded of Ben Fountain's novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which follows Billy and his fellow Bravo squad soldiers as they are honored over the course of a day. Ben Fountain was the lead subject in a New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell about “late bloomers.” Whereas the precocious likes of Jonathan Safran Foer had books published practically.
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