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Fashionistas and g-men clash in a mastermindful debut

Boyet Hernandez is a small man with a big American dream when he arrives in New York in 2002, fresh out of fashion school in the Philippines. But on the brink of fame and fortune, there comes instead a knock on the door in the middle of the night: the flamboyant ex-Catholic is swept to America’s most notorious prison, administered a Qur’an and locked away indefinitely to discover his link to a terrorist plot.

Now, in his six-by-eight-foot cell, Boy prepares for the tribunal of his life with this intimate confession. From borrowed mattress to converted toothpick factory loft, from custom suit commissions to high-end retail, we are immersed in a wonderland of soirees, runways, and hipster romance in twenty-first-century Gotham. Boy is equally at home (if sometimes comically misinformed) invoking Dostoevsky and Diane von Furstenberg, the Marcos tyranny and Marc Jacobs, the vicissitudes of memory and the indignity of the walking sandwich board. But behind the scrim of his wit and chutzpah is his present nightmare of detainment in the sun-baked place he calls No Man’s Land. The more Boy’s faith in American justice is usurped by the Kafkaesque demands of his interrogator, the more ardently he clings to the chimerical hope and humanity of his adoptive country.

Funny, wise and beguiling, From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant gives us a tale so eerily evocative that it, and its hero, are poised to become an indelible part of the reader’s imagination and the literature of our strange times.

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"One of the best celebrations and condemnations--Brock Clarke

"This is a sly, witty novel. You''ll be quoting lines from it to your friends." --David Bezmozgis, author of "The Free World"
--David Bezmozgis

"Like "30 Rock "at its most gleefully savage . . . [This] cocktail of themes--immigrant on the make, post-9/11 burlesque, sybaritic send-up of fashion and hipster Brooklyn--goes down smoothly because Gilvarry writes with authority, if often with tongue firmly in cheek . . . It's not false praise to say that "From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant "anticipates our reality." --Jacob Silverman, "The Daily Beast "
"This is a sly, witty novel. You'll be quoting lines from it to your friends." --David Bezmozgis, author of "The Free World"
""From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant "is sharply written and wryly witty, touching on the sensitivities and paranoia of post-9/11 America. . . . Combining a Kafkaesque hero with a captivating "coming to New York" story, Gilvarry's debut is a timely and touching triumph." "--"Stephanie Turza, "Booklist"
"Lively . . . Hilarious . . . [A] whirligig of a book [that] draws some striking parallels between the way we mythologize stars and the way we look at terrorists. . . . "From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant" slices through these tropes, using Boy's pure improbability as the skewering blade." --John Freeman, "Boston Globe"
"One of the best celebrations and condemnations

"Gracefully tackles politically charged subject matter . . . with wit and compassion . . . An engaging victim of uncertain times, [here's] a protagonist who will appeal to readers of all political persuasions." --"Publishers Weekly"
"In this funny debut, flashy Filipino fashion designer Boy Hernandez sees his American dream become a nightmare when he's ensnared in a terrorist plot and shipped to Guantanamo. Gilvarry nails the couture scene, but Boy's rough journey from Manolo to Gitmo is no joke." --Andrew Abrahams, "People"""
"The deepest intelligence is poetic, incisive and inordinately funny. Heads up, folks. Alex Gilvarry just walked through the door." --Colum McCann, author of "Let the Great World Spin" and "Zoli"
About the Author:
A native of Staten Island, Alex Gilvarry has traveled extensively in the Philippines, where his family is from. He's the editor of the Web site Tottenville Review, he has been named a Norman Mailer Fellow, and his writing has appeared in The Paris Review. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • PublisherViking Pr
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 0670023191
  • ISBN 13 9780670023196
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages302
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