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BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK, REVIEW

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GARY GARTH MCCANN

Author of Young and in Love , The Shape of the Earth , The Man Who Asked To Be Killed and six stories, three online at “A House Where We Both Could Live,” Chelsea Station,  “Incorrigible,” Erotic Review and “The Yearbook,” Mobius

20 JUNE 2016 BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK, REVIEW

6/20/16 A TASTE OF NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST AND NYT BESTSELLER BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK BY BEN FOUNTAIN

BILLYLYNN'SLONG2“His [2½ -year-old] body was all spring and torque, a bundle of fast-twitched muscles that exuded faint floral whiffs of ripe pear. So much perfection in such a compact little person—Billy had to tackle him from time to time, wrestle him squealing to the ground just to get that little rascal in his hands…”

19-year-old American soldier Billy Lynn, stateside from Iraq on a two-week promotional tour because his company—Bravo Squad—made the news for its heroism, is essentially prostituted for patriotism on Thanksgiving Day as part of the halftime show at a Dallas Cowboys football game. Tomorrow, Bravo will be re-deployed to Iraq.

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