Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Fiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and a National Book Award Finalist

Three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare with Iraqi insurgents--and the video that went viral--transformed the Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. Ben Fountain's novel follows the surviving members of the Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive Victory Tour at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys.

Freshman Common Read: Brandeis University