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Ben Fountain

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Ben Fountain is an American writer currently living in Dallas, Texas. He has won many awards including a PEN/Hemingway award for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2007) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012).

Books by Ben Fountain

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain
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A young Iraq War hero, thrust into a surreal halftime show at a Dallas Cowboys game, grapples with the fleeting nature of celebrity and the stark reality of his imminent return to combat.