Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

By Marc Rubió Rodon, Ben Fountain

Subjects: Fiction, war & military, Veterans, Amerikanisches Englisch, Iraq war, 2003-2011, fiction, Heroes in mass media, Dallas Cowboys (Football team), Large type books, Government publicity, United States. Army. Infantry, Infantry, Armed Forces, United States, Roman, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, satire, Fiction, Football, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Texas, fiction, United States. Army, Football and war, Veterans, fiction

Description: 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. Asked to be part of the Dallas Cowboys' halftime show on Thanksgiving, Specialist Billy Lynn, one of the eight surviving men of the Bravo Squad, finds his life forever changed by this event that causes him to better understand difficult truths about himself.