From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant - Alex Gilvarry

Alex Gilvarry's widely acclaimed first novel is the story of designer Boy Hernandez: Filipino immigrant, New York glamour junkie, Guantnamo detainee.Locked away indefinitely and accused of being linked to a terrorist plot, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession, a dazzling swirl of soirees, runways, and hipster romance that charts one small man's pursuit of the big American dream-even as the present nightmare of detainment chisels away at his vital wit and chutzpah.

A New York Times Editor's Choice, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant u nveils two of America's most illusory realms-high fashion and Homeland Security-ina funny, wise, and beguiling, and Kafkaesque tale for our strange times.