<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3jPXwy_0p0m5UdH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3jPXwy_0p0m5UdH00" width="1280" height="720" ></figure> Dallas author Ben Fountain's first novel since the acclaimed " <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/books/review/billy-lynns-long-halftime-walk-by-ben-fountain.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk </a> " is about a CIA agent and a treasure hunt, set in a recently upended Haiti. Driving the news: " <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250776525/devilmakesthree" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Devil Makes Three </a> " goes on sale this week. A <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ben-fountain/devil-makes-three/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Kirkus review </a> calls it a "tale of humanitarian and political tragedy." <hr> Why it matters: Since being heralded as a 10,000-hour " <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/20/late-bloomers-malcolm-gladwell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> late bloomer </a> " genius by Malcolm Gladwell, Fountain has become Dallas' most celebrated author. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><ul><li> "Billy Lynn" was a bestselling sensation before it was adapted into a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veoPig2LJDU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> big-budget Hollywood movie </a> . </li></ul> Background: Fountain first visited Haiti in 1991. He tells Axios he was drawn there by "the suspicion that things were happening in there that I needed to try to understand, or at least engage with in the most serious way I might be capable of." <ul><li> He took 40 to 50 trips to the country over the next 25 years to learn and experience as much as possible. </li><li> "I never intended to stop going, but the past few years the insecurity has become so extreme that I'd be pretty foolish to go there now," he says. </li><li> He worked on this Haiti novel on and off for the last decade, while also writing some <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/beautiful-country-burn-again-ben-fountain?variant=40827487256610" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> scorching nonfiction about America </a> . </li></ul> The intrigue: Fountain actually wrote an entirely different novel set in Haiti before "Billy Lynn," but he never sold it. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><ul><li> "I suppose that was the necessary failure I had to write in order to get to the point where I might write something worthwhile," he says. </li></ul> What's next: He says he's got a good start on a new novel that's coming faster than usual. Worthy of your time: Zac Crain's <a href="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2023/september/dallas-author-ben-fountain-returns-with-a-trip-to-haiti/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> excellent D Magazine story </a> about Fountain. <a href="https://www.axios.com/signup/dallas?utm_source=microsoft-start&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-msoft-dallas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Get more local stories in your inbox with Axios Dallas. </a></div></body>

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Dallas author Ben Fountain's first novel since the acclaimed \"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\" is about a CIA agent and a treasure hunt, set in a recently upended Haiti.Driving the news: \"Devil Makes Three\" goes on sale this week. A Kirkus review calls it a \"tale of humanitarian and political tragedy.\"Why it matters: Since being heralded as a 10,000-hour \"late bloomer\" genius by Malcolm Gladwell, Fountain has become Dallas' most celebrated author.\"Billy Lynn\" was a bestselling sensation before it was adapted into a big-budget Hollywood movie.Background: Fountain first visited Haiti in 1991. He tells Axios he was drawn there by...

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Dallas author Ben Fountain's first novel since the acclaimed "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" is about a CIA agent and a treasure hunt, set in a recently upended Haiti.Driving the news: "Devil Makes Three" goes on sale this week. A Kirkus review calls it a "tale of humanitarian and political tragedy."Why it matters: Since being heralded as a 10,000-hour "late bloomer" genius by Malcolm Gladwell, Fountain has become Dallas' most celebrated author."Billy Lynn" was a bestselling sensation before it was adapted into a big-budget Hollywood movie.Background: Fountain first visited Haiti in 1991. He tells Axios he was drawn there by...