From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant A Novel |
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Author:
| Gilvarry, Alex |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-312306-4 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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The critically acclaimed debut from Alex Gilvarry, a darkly comic love letter to New York, told through the eyes of Boy Hernandez-Filipino immigrant, glamour junkie, Guantanamo detainee. Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez- Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantanamo detainee.Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate...
More Description The critically acclaimed debut from Alex Gilvarry, a darkly comic love letter to New York, told through the eyes of Boy Hernandez-Filipino immigrant, glamour junkie, Guantanamo detainee.
Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez- Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantanamo detainee.Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession, a dazzling swirl of soirees, runways, and hipster romance that charts one small man's undying love for New York City and his pursuit of the big American dream-even as the present nightmare of detainment chisels away at his vital wit and chutzpah.
A New York Times Editor's Choice, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant unveils two of America's most illusory realms-high fashion and Homeland Security-ina funny, wise, and beguiling, and Kafkaesque tale for our strange times.