Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
AUTHOR:
Fountain, Ben
ISBN:
9780060885618
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Ecco, c2012
PHYSICAL_DESC:
307 p. ; 21 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2012.
ABSTRACT:
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.
SUBJECT:
| Veterans -- Texas -- Fiction |
| Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction |
| Football and war -- United States -- Fiction |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.