Alex Gilvarry
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Absorbing...Eastman is a riveting...presence who demands to be loved and remembered.” —The Boston Globe
An ambitious new novel set in the literary world of 1970s New York, following a washed-up writer in an errant quest to pick up the pieces of his life.
One of Esquire's Best books of 2017 (So Far), The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of the Second Half of 2017, and BuzzFeed’s Exciting...
An ambitious new novel set in the literary world of 1970s New York, following a washed-up writer in an errant quest to pick up the pieces of his life.
One of Esquire's Best books of 2017 (So Far), The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of the Second Half of 2017, and BuzzFeed’s Exciting...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Norman Mailer Fellow Alex Gilvarry delivers a witty satirical gem with his debut novel From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant. Boyet Hernandez aspires to be a high-end fashion designer. But the night before he's set to make it big, he hears a knock on his door. Shortly after, he finds himself in a Gitmo prison cell-locked up as a suspect in a deadly terrorist plot.