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From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant by Alex Gilvarry audiobook

From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant: A Novel

By Alex Gilvarry
Read by Ramón de Ocampo and Corey Allen

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9.39 Hours • Unabridged
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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.

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Summary

Selected for the January 2012 Indie Next List

Recipient of the Barnes & Noble Discover Award

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.

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Editorial Reviews

“It’s rare for a novel to tread so fearlessly into the political and yet to emerge so deeply funny and humane. Gilvarry is a young talent on the rise. Watch him gallop through the mess we’ve made of our civilization with style and panache.” —Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story
“The narrative crackles with satire…You’ll be twisting a lip upward at the Bellowesque brio of Gilvarry’s language…A left-handed love letter to America.” —New York Times Book Review
“The deepest intelligence is poetic, incisive, and inordinately funny. Heads up, folks. Alex Gilvarry just walked through the door.” —Colum McCann, National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin
“[A] whirligig of a book [that] draws some striking parallels between the way we mythologize stars and the way we look at terrorists…From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant slices through these tropes, using Boy’s pure improbability as the skewering blade.” —Boston Globe
“A breezy, nervy novel…It’s a sparkling onion of a book as Mr. Gilvarry peels back layer upon layer of irony…This is a deadly serious novel that often makes one laugh out loud.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Gracefully tackles politically charged subject matter…Like his idol Coco Chanel (arrested in 1943 for her Nazi ties), Boyet is thrust into a political spectacle of good and evil. An engaging victim of uncertain times, he’s a protagonist who will appeal to readers of all political persuasions.” —Publishers Weekly
“From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant is sharply written and wryly witty, touching on the sensitivities and paranoia of post-9/11 America…Combining a Kafkaesque hero with a captivating ‘coming to New York’ story, Gilvarry’s debut is a timely and touching triumph.” —Booklist

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Author Bio: Alex Gilvarry

Author Bio: Alex Gilvarry

Alex Gilvarry is a native of Staten Island, New York. He contributes to NPR’s All Things Considered and his work has appeared in the Paris Review Daily; he is also a founding editor of the website Tottenville Review, a book review collaborative. He lives in Brooklyn and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Available Formats : CD, MP3 CD
Runtime: 9.39
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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