BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK by Ben Fountain London: Canongate, (2012). First U.K. edition, first printing. "Published in Great Britain in 2012 by Canongate Books Ltd." statement and first printing number code 1 to the copyright page. SIGNED to the title page by the Pen/Hemingway, Whiting, and O. Henry Awards, and Pushcart Prize winning author. This, Fountain's debut novel earned numerous accolades including the National Book Critics Circle Award, Center For Fiction, and L.A. Times Book Prizes and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Adapted to the Hollywood Film Awards winning, Ang Lee directed 2016 movie starring Joe Alwyn. A satirical novel set in Texas, rich with dialogue employing modern American phraseology and colloquial speech, featuring Iraqi war veterans exploited for their heroism, especially at a Dallas Cowboy's intermission show. Fine, square, firm, very tight and fresh in blue linen boards with silver embossed titles to the spine, red end-papers, in a fine dust jacket with raised white titles decorated with a barbed wire and flag-rope design; original printed 16.99 still intact to the front inner flap. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FICTION BOOKS THANKS!