Both of Ben Fountain's books are about things that made me a little suspicious, but in the end they're pretty good

I'm going to be lazy and just repost a bunch of stuff I said on Twitter.

First, I read both of Ben Fountain's books. First I read Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which was fantastic. It's about a squad of soldiers that gets involved in a big firefight in Iraq (think Lone Survivor) that turns them into national heroes. The book takes place during their '…