Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Paperback/Ben Fountain

Paperback edition of the much-acclaimed debut novel following a young Iraq war hero and his company, who make a Victory Tour of America, culminating at a Dallas Cowboys American football match. It's currently being adapted for Film4 by }Slumdog Millionaire{ screenwriter Simon Beaufoy. 'Brilliant, funny, involving, warm-hearted, a book for our times' Rachel Cook, }Observer{