Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk [electronic resource]
Fountain, Ben2012
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE BY OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR ANG LEE Billy Lynn is home from Iraq. And he's a YouTube sensation. Tonight, with the nation's eyes on him, Billy steps out onto the field at the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving football game. Tomorrow, he must go back to war.
Main title:
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk [electronic resource] / Ben Fountain
Author:
Fountain, Ben, Author of afterword, colophon, etc
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Canongate Books, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 5
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Ben Fountain is the author of the acclaimed short-story collection Brief Encounters with Che Guevara and a debut novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the 2012 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2012 National Book Award. In addition, he has received the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction, an O. Henry Award and two Pushcart Prizes. He was also shortlisted for the International Author of the Year Award in 2012. His fiction has been published in Harper's, The Paris Review, Zoetrope: All-Story and Stories from the South: The Year's Best, and his non-fiction has appeared in The New York Times among other publications. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
Awards:
National Book Award Finalist (National Book Foundation)National Book Critics Circle Award (The National Book Critics Circle)Notable Books for Adults (Notable Books Council)
ISBN:
9780857864390
Language:
English
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BRN:
2792997
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