Our next book for discussion is Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain.
We will meet on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., at Martha Merrell's/Cuddles is. Charlene Sivyer will lead the discussion. Thanks, Charlene!
Book Description: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel by Ben Fountain. (2012); 307 pages, 4.1 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com; 12 copies available through the Cafe library system. Also available for 15% from Martha Merrell's/Cuddles.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a finalist for the National Book Award!
Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012: Billy Lynn and his Bravo squad mates have become heroes thanks to an embedded Fox News crew’s footage of their firefight against Iraqi insurgents. During one day of their bizarre Victory Tour, set mostly at a Thanksgiving Day football game at Texas Stadium, they’re wooed by Hollywood producers, smitten by Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, and share a stage at halftime with Beyonce. Guzzling Jack and Cokes and scuffling with fans, the Bravos are conflicted soldiers. “Okay, so maybe they aren’t the greatest generation,” writes debut author (!) Ben Fountain, who manages a sly feat: giving us a maddening and believable cast of characters who make us feel what it must be like to go to war. Veering from euphoria to dread to hope, Billy Lynn is a propulsive story that feels real and true. With fierce and fearless writing, Fountain is a writer worth every accolade about to come his way. --Neal Thompson --
Here is a link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/
There is a reading group guide to the book at: http://www.litlovers.com/
May you enjoy this 26.46 minute video interview with Ben Fountain. http://video.unctv.
Looking forward!
