From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant: A Novel
By Alex Gilvarry
Read by Ramón de Ocampo and Corey Allen
Unabridged
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ISBN: 9781664407718
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ISBN: 9781664663046
| Runtime: | 9.39 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Selected for the January 2012 Indie Next List
Recipient of the Barnes & Noble Discover Award
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“It’s rare for a novel to tread so fearlessly into the political and yet to emerge so deeply funny and humane. Gilvarry is a young talent on the rise. Watch him gallop through the mess we’ve made of our civilization with style and panache.” —Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story
“The narrative crackles with satire…You’ll be twisting a lip upward at the Bellowesque brio of Gilvarry’s language…A left-handed love letter to America.”
—New York Times Book Review
“The deepest intelligence is poetic, incisive, and inordinately funny. Heads up, folks. Alex Gilvarry just walked through the door.” —Colum McCann, National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin
“[A] whirligig of a book [that] draws some striking
parallels between the way we mythologize stars and the way we look at
terrorists…From the Memoirs of a
Non-Enemy Combatant slices through these tropes, using Boy’s pure
improbability as the skewering blade.”
—Boston Globe
“A breezy, nervy novel…It’s a sparkling onion of a book as Mr. Gilvarry peels back layer upon layer of irony…This is a deadly serious novel that often makes one laugh out loud.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Gracefully tackles politically charged subject matter…Like his idol Coco Chanel (arrested in 1943 for her Nazi ties), Boyet is thrust into a political spectacle of good and evil. An engaging victim of uncertain times, he’s a protagonist who will appeal to readers of all political persuasions.” —Publishers Weekly
“From the Memoirs of a
Non-Enemy Combatant is sharply written and wryly witty, touching on the
sensitivities and paranoia of post-9/11 America…Combining a Kafkaesque hero
with a captivating ‘coming to New York’ story, Gilvarry’s debut is a timely and
touching triumph.”
—Booklist
Author
Author Bio: Alex Gilvarry
Alex Gilvarry is a native of Staten Island, New York. He contributes to NPR’s All Things Considered and his work has appeared in the Paris Review Daily; he is also a founding editor of the website Tottenville Review, a book review collaborative. He lives in Brooklyn and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 9.39 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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