{"product_id":"2940170092611","title":"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA re-release of this award-winning, critically acclaimed novel just in time for its major motion picture release, directed by Two-time Academy Award® winner Ang Lee, screenplay by Jean-Christophe Castelli and featuring Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, with Vin Diesel and Steve Martin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgentsamp;mdash;caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crewamp;mdash;has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America¿s most sought-after heroes. For the past two weeks, the Bush administration has sent them on a media-intensive nationwide Victory Tour to reinvigorate public support for the war. Now, on this chilly and rainy Thanksgiving, the Bravos are guests of a Dallas football team, slated to be part of the halftime show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the Bravos is Specialist William Lynn, a nineteen-year-old Texas native. Amid clamoring patriots sporting flag pins on their lapels and support our troops bumper stickers on their cars, the Bravos are thrust into the company of the team owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a luscious born-again cheerleader; a veteran Hollywood producer; and supersized pro players eager for a vicarious taste of war. Among these faces Billy sees those of his familyamp;mdash;his worried sisters and broken fatheramp;mdash;and Shroom, the philosophical sergeant who opened Billy¿s mind and died in his arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of this day, Billy will begin to understand difficult truths about himself, his country, his struggling family, and his brothers-in-arms-soldiers both dead and alive. In the final few hours before returning to Iraq, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant, riotously funny, and exquisitely heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eBilly Lynn¿s Long Halftime Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing and powerful novel that has cemented Ben Fountain¿s reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotion Picture Artwork ©2016 CTMG.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150494351600,"sku":"2940170092611","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170092611_p0.jpg?v=1763701652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170092611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}