num_pages: 274
description: A reissue of a much-loved classic, from one of Americas most celebrated novelists, winner of the prestigious National Book Award for Fiction in 2012.Seeking direction and enlightenment, Lipsha Morrissey, a charismatic young drifter, answers his grandmothers summons to return to his birthplace. As he tries to settle into a challenging new job on the reservation, he falls passionately in love for the first time. But the object of his desire, the beautiful Shawnee Ray, is in the midst of deciding whether to marry his boss, the wealthy reservation entrepreneur, Lyman Lamartine.Matters are further complicated when Lipsha discovers that Lyman is his rival in more ways than one. In league with an influential group of aggressive businessmen, Lyman has chosen to open a gambling complex on reservation land a development which threatens to destroy the communitys fundamental links with the past
language: English
title: The Bingo Palace
titlecomplete: The Bingo Palace
genres: Adult, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, American
ratings_count: 4699
places: Dakota Territory, North Dakota
series: Love Medicine
publisher: Harper Collins