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'Catch 22 of the Iraq war' is being adapted for Film4 by Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy, is adapting a critically acclaimed Iraq war novel by Us writer Ben Fountain for a new Film4 project.
The book, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, centres on a group of Us servicemen who emerge unscathed from a firefight in Iraq in 2005 and are brought home by the Bush administration for a victory lap, culminating with a turn at the Dallas Cowboys stadium as part of the team's Thanksgiving halftime show. It has been described by the Observer's Robert McCrum as "a clever and imaginative take on the classic American combat novel" with shades of "New Journalism" guru Tom Wolfe.
Fountain's book, which has also been dubbed the Catch 22 of the Iraq war, was nominated for the Us National Book award this year. The story is told from the viewpoint of Billy Lynn, »
- Ben Child
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