Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime WalkFountains first novel. Said to be [a]s close to the Great American Novel as anyone is likely to come. This book is a satirical novel chronicling the experiences of eight survivors of an intense firefight with Iraqi insurgents. They are transformed into heroes after three minutes and forty three sections of warfare is caught on tape by an embedded news crew. Hilarious and heartbreaking. A powerful novel that explores contemporary ironies. New York: