From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
Alex Gilvarry$13.60
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The critically acclaimed debut from Alex Gilvarry, a darkly comic love letter to New York, told through the eyes of Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, glamour junkie, Guantánamo detainee.
Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantánamo detainee. Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession, a dazzling swirl of soirees, runways, and hipster romance that charts one small man's undying love for New York City and his pursuit of the big American dream--even as the present nightmare of detainment chisels away at his vital wit and chutzpah. A New York Times Editor's Choice, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant unveils two of America's most illusory realms--high fashion and Homeland Security--in a funny, wise, and beguiling, and Kafkaesque tale for our strange times.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 12/24/2012
ISBN: 9780143123064
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.36w x 0.68d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 02/03/2013 pg. 24
Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantánamo detainee. Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession, a dazzling swirl of soirees, runways, and hipster romance that charts one small man's undying love for New York City and his pursuit of the big American dream--even as the present nightmare of detainment chisels away at his vital wit and chutzpah. A New York Times Editor's Choice, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant unveils two of America's most illusory realms--high fashion and Homeland Security--in a funny, wise, and beguiling, and Kafkaesque tale for our strange times.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 12/24/2012
ISBN: 9780143123064
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.36w x 0.68d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 02/03/2013 pg. 24