Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a devastating portrait of our time, a searing and powerful novel that cements Ben Fountain's reputation as one of the finest writers of his generation. A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents at "the battle of Al-Ansakar Canal"—three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare cau...(展开全部)

Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk is a razor-sharp satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq. It explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Ben Fountain’s remarkable debut novel follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecc...(展开全部)

本•方登 （Ben Foutain) 美国著名作家，1958年生于美国北卡罗来纳州，现居得克萨斯州达拉斯。 作品获得过诸多文学奖项，其中短篇集《与切•格瓦拉的不期而遇》获海明威奖，长篇小说《漫长的中场休息》获美国国家书评人奖，入选入选BBC本世纪必读12本小说。

In a small bar somewhere in the Bronx, a funeral party has gathered to honor Billy Lynch. Through the night, his friends and family will weave together the tale of a husband, lover, dreamer, and storyteller, but also that of a hopeless drunk whose immense charm was but a veil over a lifetime of secrets and all-consuming sorrow. As they comfort his widow, the gentle Maeve, they ...(展开全部)

On the first day of May, one hundred teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as "The Long Walk." If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying.

The latest from #1 bestselling Queen of SuspenseMary Higgins Clark.

【作者简介】 塞巴斯蒂安‧巴里，他是爱尔兰当代最优秀的作家、诗人与剧作家之一，爱尔兰影星琼‧奥哈拉之子。其文学生涯始于诗歌，近年来，小说创作上的成就为其赢得了极高的文学地位，其作品多次获得布克奖提名，长篇小说《绝密手稿》获包括科斯塔年度图书奖在内的多项文学大奖。巴里的小说语言优美，富有诗意，善用深沉忧郁的历史视角探究爱尔兰与爱尔兰人充满悲欢离合的曲折命运。 【译者简介】 苏福忠，人民文学出版社编审，从事编辑工作三十余年，编辑过《莎士比亚全集》《伍尔芙文集》《福斯特文集》等大型图书及多种散本图书。他曾翻译《月亮与六便士》《汤姆索亚历险记》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》等多部文学名著，代表著作有《译事余墨》《编译曲直》《席德这个小人儿》等。

【作者简介】 塞巴斯蒂安‧巴里，他是爱尔兰当代最优秀的作家、诗人与剧作家之一，爱尔兰影星琼‧奥哈拉之子。其文学生涯始于诗歌，近年来，小说创作上的成就为其赢得了极高的文学地位，其作品多次获得布克奖提名，长篇小说《绝密手稿》获包括科斯塔年度图书奖在内的多项文学大奖。巴里的小说语言优美，富有诗意，善用深沉忧郁的历史视角探究爱尔兰与爱尔兰人充满悲欢离合的曲折命运。 【译者简介】 苏福忠，人民文学出版社编审，从事编辑工作三十余年，编辑过《莎士比亚全集》《伍尔芙文集》《福斯特文集》等大型图书及多种散本图书。他曾翻译《月亮与六便士》《汤姆索亚历险记》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》等多部文学名著，代表著作有《译事余墨》《编译曲直》《席德这个小人儿》等。

With acclaimed works like "The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty," Irish author Sebastian Barry has earned a reputation as a amaster storytellera ("The Wall Street Journal"). In "A Long Long Way" he has created an unforgettable portrait of the horrors of war through the story of Willie Dunne, a young man who leaves his native Dublin in 1914 to join the Allies on the Western Front. C...(展开全部)