LEADER 00000nim a22004575a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125110945.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 180914s2012 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9780062212672 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0062212672 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062212672_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11587671 037 11587671|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 813/.6|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Fountain, Ben. 245 10 Billy Lynn's long halftime walk|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cBen Fountain. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2012. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 40 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Oliver Wyman. 520 A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents-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. 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. Among 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 family-his worried sisters and broken father-and Shroom, the philosophical sergeant who opened Billy's mind and died in his arms. Over 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. Poignant, riotously funny, and exquisitely heartbreaking, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a searing and powerful novel that has cemented Ben Fountain's reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xVeterans|zUnited States|vFiction. 655 7 War stories.|2gsafd 700 1 Wyman, Oliver. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11587671?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062212672_180.jpeg