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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain
Billy Lynn is a young soldier who has found himself fighting in Iraq because he defended his sister's honor in a moment of gallantry whereby he decimates the sports car belonging to the sister's ex-boyfriend. He is given a choice of jail time or enlistment. Fountain has created a very memorable young protagonist who is struggling to make sense of himself, society, and of the war when he becomes an accidental hero. Billy is a member of Bravo Squad w ...more
Billy Lynn is a young soldier who has found himself fighting in Iraq because he defended his sister's honor in a moment of gallantry whereby he decimates the sports car belonging to the sister's ex-boyfriend. He is given a choice of jail time or enlistment. Fountain has created a very memorable young protagonist who is struggling to make sense of himself, society, and of the war when he becomes an accidental hero. Billy is a member of Bravo Squad w ...more
Sep 06, 2016
Toni Moore
marked it as to-read
