Overview
āTim O'Brien is the one American author whose works I look forward to the most. His new novelās ironic depiction of a post-Iraq war, mid-COVID, and mid-Trump world is piercing and razor-sharp.ā āHARUKI MURAKAMI
An American Master returns: the author of TheĀ Things They Carried delivers his first new novel inĀ two decades, a brilliant and rollicking odyssey,Ā in which a bank robbery sparks āa satirical romp through a country plaguedĀ by deceitā (Kirkus, starred review)
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At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in Northern California.
āHow much is on hand, would you say?ā he asked the teller. āIāll want it all.ā
āYouāre robbing me?ā
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.
āIām sorry about this,ā he said, ābut Iāll have to ask you to take a ride with me.ā
So begins the adventure of Boyd Halversonāstar journalist turned notorious online disinformation troll turned JCPenney managerāand 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 Boydās past. Everyone, it seems, except the police.
In the tradition of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain,Ā America FantasticaĀ 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 beingsāthe exuberant savior-of-souls Angie Bing and the penitent but compulsive liar Boyd Halverson. Just as Tim OāBrienās modern classic,Ā The Things They Carried, so brilliantly reflected the unromantic truth of war, America FantasticaĀ puts a mirror to a nation and a time that has become dangerously unmoored from truth and greedy for delusion.
This book title, America Fantastica (A Novel), ISBN: 9780063318519, by Tim O'Brien, published by HarperCollins (October 1, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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