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David shafers first book, whiskey tango foxtrot, is a paranoid, sarcastic and clattering pop thriller that reads as if it were torn from the damp pages of glenn greenwalds fever. Synopsis few areas of human endeavor have produced moreor more colorfulterms than has the military. The lurid and the ludicrous share equal space, often to dizzying effect. Mar 04, 2016 trivia the words whiskey, tango, and foxtrot stand for the letters w, t, and f in the international nato phonetic alphabet, a military and lawenforcement system for clearly spelling out words and phrases during radio and other audio transmissions. David shafers debut novel follows three young adults as they attempt to navigate their way through international intrigues, corporate cabals, and, well, life itself. Milos stehlik of facets multimedia joins us to ask barker what its been like to.
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Aug 06, 2014 is it too late to nominate a candidate for novel of the summer. Whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti by kim barker. Browse the independents complete collection of articles and commentary on whiskey tango foxtrot. Whiskey tango foxtrot press whiskey tango foxtrot press. Whiskey tango foxtrot trailer 2016 paramount pictures. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Military with service in afghanistan, he draws on his over 15 years of combined service with the army and navy to create fastpaced zombie war stories.
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Feb 19, 2016 her book has now been turned into a major motion picture starring tina fey called whiskey tango foxtrot. Mar 17, 2016 tina fey in a scene from whiskey tango foxtrot. The little room was so hot that leila tried not to move inside her clothing. That spirit of surprise and confusion hangs over the book, both in the pictures and in the textual interludes that dramatize gilbertsons experiences. Whiskey tango foxtrot inspired by west linn graduates.
The photographs in whiskey tango foxtrot convey a cleareyed fidelity to the facts. Mar 04, 2016 recent editions of barkers book have since been renamed whiskey tango foxtrotwtf, in the militarys phonetic alphabetto reflect the name of its new film adaptation, starring tina fey. The official web site of bestselling author wj lundy, author of the whiskey tango foxtrot wtf novels. The book proceeds on a threetrack narrative and is global in scale. In the spirit of william gibson and chuck palahniuk, whiskey tango foxtrot is both a suspenseful global thriller and an emotionally truthful novel about the struggle to change the world in and outside your head. Mar 04, 2016 thats not to judge whiskey tango foxtrot the title is a play on a common profane phrase using the military phonetic alphabet by its stars previous successes.
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