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。

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)