From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
Author: Gilvarry, Alex
ISBN: 9780143123064
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 24 Dec 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9780143123064
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 24 Dec 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
