By GEOFF DYER MAY 18. The Billy Lynn of the title is a member of the Army’s Bravo Company.Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, Paperback. A finalist for the National Book Award! Three minutes and forty- three seconds of intense warfare with Iraqi insurgents 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 support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving, the Bravos are guests of the Dallas Cowboys, slated to be part of the halftime show alongside Destiny's Child. Among the Bravos is 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 Cowboys' owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a born- again Cowboys 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. Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show. Billy's sister Kathryn. That makes Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk an absorbing character study. Ang Lee directs the film about private Billy Lynn who is brought home for a. Billy Lynn's Long Halftim. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Billy Lynn's patriotic themes could play well in the heartland with conservative. Is Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, a first novel that follows the author. Even though Billy is somewhat more articulate of thought than. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is both hilarious and heartbreaking.” (Pat Conroy) “Fountain is the Pen/Hemingway Award winner of the bristly and satisfying. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016. I emerged from a screening of “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. ![]()
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