num_pages: 274
description: At a crossroads in his life, Lipsha Morrissey is summoned by his grandmother to return to the reservation. There, he falls in love for the very first time--with the beautiful Shawnee Ray, who's already considering a marriage proposal from Lipsha's wealthy entrepreneurial boss, Lyman Lamartine. But when all efforts to win Shwawnee's affections go hopelessly awry, Lipsha seeks out his great-grandmother for a magical solution to his romantic dilemma--on sacred ground where a federally sanctioned bingo palace is slated for construction.Louise Erdrich's luminous novel The Bingo Palace is a tale of spiritual death and reawakening; of money, desperate love, and wild hope; and of the enduring power of cherished dreams. (Harper Perennial)
language: English
title: The Bingo Palace
titlecomplete: The Bingo Palace
genres: Magical Realism, American, Adult, Adult Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 4696
places: North Dakota, Dakota Territory
series: Love Medicine
publisher: Harper Perennial