cclaimed author Tim O’Brien made his highly anticipated return with his first novel in 20 years, , last October. The rollicking satire follows chameleon-like protagonist Boyd Halverson and his road trip sidekick, Angie Bing, a born-again Christian intent on saving Boyd’s soul. The high-speed, highwire narrative begins with Boyd’s decision to rob a bank in the fictional town of Fulda, California, and then to kidnap Angie, who works as a teller there. “Hunter S. Thompson meets Sacha Baron Cohen,” praised in a starred review. This new book is a significant departure from O’Brien’s 1990 novel-in-stories classic, , a series of fictional portraits of American soldiers fighting in the jungle of Vietnam and their lives upon returning to the states. revolves on the axis of moral consciousness—a tug of war
