Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2012 | Winner |
About This Book
Nineteen-year-old Billy Lynn and his squad—briefly famous after a battle in Iraq—are paraded at a Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving game. A blistering satirical comedy about American militarism, celebrity, and the gap between how soldiers are lionised and how they are treated. Winner of the NBCC Fiction Award.
About the Author
Ben Fountain is an American fiction writer whose debut novel became one of the most celebrated literary debuts of the twenty-first century. Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, he practiced law briefly before turning to fiction writing. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012), his debut novel, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the LA Times Book Prize for Fiction, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Read more →
