{"product_id":"billy-lynns-long-halftime-walk-9780062644022","title":"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eNow a Major Motion Picture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Brilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters: read this giant-hearted novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e--MARIA SEMPLE, author of \u003cem\u003eWhere'd You Go, Bernadette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree minutes and forty-three seconds of intensive warfare with Iraqi insurgents--caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crew--has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. Now they're on a media-intensive nationwide tour to reinvigorate public support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving Day, the Bravos are guests of a Dallas football team, slated to be part of the halftime show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the Bravos is nineteen-year-old 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 team's owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a born-again 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 heart-wrenching decision and discover pure love and a bitter wisdom far beyond his years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant, riotously funny, and exquisitely heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing and powerful novel that has cemented Ben Fountain's reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062644022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e156772 \/ Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ben Fountain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44493142687925,"sku":"9780062644022","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7d7fcb24-45c7-45f2-9652-e2576ba91a74.jpg?v=1721747196","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/billy-lynns-long-halftime-walk-9780062644022","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}