From the Memoirs of a NonEnemy Comba..., Alex Gilvarry
From the Memoirs of a NonEnemy Comba..., Alex Gilvarry
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From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
A Novel

Author: Alex Gilvarry

Narrator: Corey Allen, Ramón de Ocampo

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/12/2012


Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex

That's right, I reviewed my own book.......more

Goodreads review by Benito

POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW: 1. First of all: the sheer chutzpah, to write a comedy about Guantanamo. But comedy it is: Boyet (Boy) Hernandez, just-off-the-jet fashion designer from the Philippines and armed with a degree from the Fashion Institute of Makati; landing wide-eyed and hungry in New York to g......more

Goodreads review by Paul

This is a damn good, entertaining book! The writing is clean and charismatic, with a hip flare similarly found in Junot Diaz novels. It is a rarity for me to digest a book in a few days, but the sensual experience and perceptiveness of Boy Hernandez, a young filipino immigrant just trying to make it......more