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Three young adults grapple with the usual 30something problems boredom, authenticity, an omnipotent online oligarchy in david shafer s darkly comic debut novel. Mar 01, 2016 in whiskey tango foxtrot, tina fey stars as journalist kim baker, who goes overseas to pakistan and afghanistan to cover the war during operation enduring freedom. Hbo has put in development whiskey tango foxtrot, a comedy project based on david shafer s darkly comedic debut novel, with brad pitts plan b entertainment executive producing. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A sparkling, clattering cocktail of a book that renders philip k. Would you ever listen to anything by david shafer again. Whiskey tango foxtrot opens with leila majnoun, who is workingor at least trying to workfor a nonprofit in myanmar. David shafer whiskey tango foxtrot part 01 audiobook youtube. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a 2014 debut novel by david shafer. His first novel whiskey tango foxtrot was published by mulholland books on august 5, 2014. Aug 06, 2014 is it too late to nominate a candidate for novel of the summer. David shafer writing styles in whiskey tango foxtrot. Whiskey tango foxtrot may be the novel of the summer the. Kim barker is a sort of tina fey character, who unexpectedly finds herself addicted to the adrenaline rush of war.
David shafer is a graduate of harvard and the columbia journalism school. Whiskey tango foxtrot is a contemporary dystopian novel by david shafer in which three young adults seek to stop a shadow group known as the committee from monopolizing control of the worlds information to bring about a new world order. Jun 18, 2016 martin freeman scenes in whiskey tango foxtrot where he plays a scottish player named iain who is a photographer stationed in kabul i own nothing, all rights go to the original owner. Hilarious, moving, and wildly ambitious, david shafers whiskey tango foxtrot reads like a plot against america dreamed up by the nsa and then ghostwritten by don delilloa love storycuminternational thriller about our surveillance society thats so convincingly paranoid youll tape over your webcam. Whiskey tango foxtrot npr coverage of whiskey tango foxtrot by david shafer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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