America Fantastica: A Novel by Tim O'Brien Hardcover Book

Description: America Fantastica by Tim O'Brien "Tim OBrien is the one American author whose works I look forward to the most. His new novels ironic depiction of a post-Iraq war, mid-COVID, and mid-Trump world is piercing and razor-sharp." —HARUKI MURAKAMIAn American Master returns: the author of The Things They Carried delivers his first new novel in two decades, a brilliant and rollicking odyssey, in which a bank robbery sparks "a satirical romp through a country plagued by deceit" (Kirkus, starred review)One of Esquires 20 Best Books of the Year * Named one of Fall 2023s most anticipated books: New York Times, Associated Press, Kirkus, Goodreads, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and moreAt 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in Northern California."How much is on hand, would you say" he asked the teller. "Ill want it all.""Youre robbing me"He revealed a Temptation .38 Special.The teller, a diminutive redhead named Angie Bing, collected eighty-one thousand dollars.Boyd stuffed the cash into a paper grocery bag."Im sorry about this," he said, "but Ill have to ask you to take a ride with me."So begins the adventure of Boyd Halverson—star journalist turned notorious online disinformation troll turned JCPenney manager—and his irrepressible hostage, Angie Bing. Haunted by his past and weary of his present, Boyd has one goal before the authorities catch up with him: settle a score with the man who destroyed his life. By Monday the pair reach Mexico; by winter, they are in a lakefront mansion in Minnesota. On their trail are hitmen, jealous lovers, ex-cons, an heiress, a billionaire shipping tycoon, a three-tour veteran of Iraq, and the ghosts of Boyds past. Everyone, it seems, except the police.In the tradition of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain, America Fantastica delivers a biting, witty, and entertaining story about the causes and costs of outlandish fantasy, while also marking the triumphant return of an essential voice in American letters. And at the heart of the novel, amid a teeming cast of characters, readers will delight in the tug-of-war between two memorable and iconic human beings—the exuberant savior-of-souls Angie Bing and the penitent but compulsive liar Boyd Halverson. Just as Tim OBriens modern classic, The Things They Carried, so brilliantly reflected the unromantic truth of war, America Fantastica puts a mirror to a nation and a time that has become dangerously unmoored from truth and greedy for delusion. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Tim OBrien was born in Minnesota and served as a foot soldier in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, and after graduate studies at Harvard worked as a reporter for the Washington Post. When If I Die in a Combat Zone was published in 1973, it established him as one of the leading American writers of his generation, a status that was confirmed when Going After Cacciato won the National Book Award for fiction. Review "Tim OBrien is one American author whose works I look forward to the most. His new novels ironic depiction of a post-Iraq War, mid-COVID, and mid-Trump world is piercing and razor-sharp." — Haruki Murakami"OBriens first novel in two decades was well worth the wait. . . . In the age of mythomania, OBrien takes aim at the lies that power this country, and how and why they sustain us. America Fantastica peers straight into the dark heart of the American psyche, and its unafraid of the comedy and tragedy staring back." — Esquire, Best Books of the Fall"[A] compulsively readable, cackle-worthy social satire about our truth-challenged times. ... Without letting anyone off the hook, America Fantastica holds a cracked mirror up to a poisoned zeitgeist and dares you not to laugh. Resistance is futile."— Boston Globe"Tim OBriens first novel in 21 years is an antic, caustic and funny condemnation of the way we live now in the United States." — Wall Street Journal"This is the first novel in 20 years from OBrien, a National Book Award winner, who is best known for The Things They Carried. The story is a madcap heist/road-trip starring a bank robber (who used to be a journalist) and his spitfire hostage, Angie. In hot pursuit are a bumbling private eye, a drug-fueled billionaire and a wannabe Charles Manson." — New York Times, "34 Works of Fiction to Read This Fall""[A] timely odyssey. ... OBrien paints a new, unflinching portrait of Americana that reads like a road map to our modern age." — Entertainment Weekly, "Must List""A satirical romp through a country plagued by deceit. ... There are echoes of his famous Vietnam War novel, Going After Cacciato, a book built on a darkly absurd pursuit amid individual and national uncertainty. ... Its one of those books where you can sense the author enjoying himself and its fun to be along for the ride. A broadly engaging and entertaining work." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Tim OBrien is one of our greatest storytellers, and his latest—America Fantastica—is a beauty. Steeped in acute wisdom and hilarious wisecracks, this satirical romp through the mythomania and lying contagion that plagues our society is also a study in one mans broken heart and the truths that have shaped it." — Jill McCorkle"Hunter S. Thompson meets Sacha Baron Cohen in this amusing and alarming road trip to the center of Americas mendacious heart. ... OBrien keeps everything afloat on a cloud of pure gonzo bliss. If this is indeed the authors valedictory novel, hes bowing out with a star-spangled bang." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)"OBriens farcical satire blends fierce social commentary and a searing indictment of our post-fact culture into a nonstop joyride." — Booklist"A desperate bank robbery morphs into a cross-country chase featuring hit men, a billionaire tycoon, jealous lovers, and several ex-cons. OBrien hands America a mirror once more." — Goodreads, Most Anticipated Books of the Fall"His searing accounts of the Vietnam War brought him fame and the National Book Award. Now, after a 20-year hiatus from writing fiction, a long-awaited new novel takes aim at contemporary America." — GQ"A simultaneously raucous and surprisingly empathetic novel. ... If Elmore Leonard had collaborated with the Coen brothers to produce a screenplay, the result might loosely resemble America Fantastica." — Bookreporter.com Details ISBN0063318504 Author Tim OBrien Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780063318502 Format Hardcover Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint HarperCollins UK Release Date 2023-12-07 ISBN-10 0063318504 Pages 464 Audience General Subtitle A Novel AU Release Date 2023-10-31 NZ Release Date 2023-10-31 Publication Date 2023-11-23 US Release Date 2023-11-23 DEWEY 813.6 Imprint US Mariner Books Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:157254628;

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