The Resource Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain
Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain
Resource Information
The item Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 7 library branches.
- Summary
- A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents -- three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare 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 support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving Day, 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Note
- Adapted into a motion picture of the same title in 2016
- Isbn
- 9780062656568
- Label
- Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
- Title
- Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Fountain
- Subject
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- Armed Forces -- Infantry
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team)
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Football and war
- Football and war -- United States -- Fiction
- Heroes in mass media
- Heroes in mass media -- Fiction
- Iraq
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction
- Satire
- Satire
- Satirical literature
- 2003-2011
- Texas
- Texas -- Fiction
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Infantry -- Fiction
- Veterans
- Veterans -- Fiction
- War stories
- War stories
- Satirical literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents -- three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare 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 support for the war. On this rainy Thanksgiving Day, 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
- Awards note
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2012.
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fountain, Ben
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- UG
- LC call number
- PS3606.O844
- LC item number
- B55 2012
- Literary form
- novels
- Reading level
- 6.3
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team)
- Heroes in mass media
- Veterans
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Football and war
- Texas
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team)
- United States
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Armed Forces
- Football and war
- Heroes in mass media
- Veterans
- Iraq
- Texas
- United States
- Label
- Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain
- Note
- Adapted into a motion picture of the same title in 2016
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn778579334
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062656568
- Lccn
- 2011275813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Billy Lynn's long halftime walk, Ben Fountain
- Note
- Adapted into a motion picture of the same title in 2016
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn778579334
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062656568
- Lccn
- 2011275813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Armed Forces -- Infantry
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team)
- Dallas Cowboys (Football team) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Football and war
- Football and war -- United States -- Fiction
- Heroes in mass media
- Heroes in mass media -- Fiction
- Iraq
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction
- Satire
- Satire
- Satirical literature
- 2003-2011
- Texas
- Texas -- Fiction
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Infantry -- Fiction
- Veterans
- Veterans -- Fiction
- War stories
- War stories
- Satirical literature
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