As should be expected with a book called The Bingo Palace , there are many references to chance and luck. In most cases, the luck is not of the good kind, or if it appears good, it doesn't last. And those with the luck, such as Fleur, are not the one's you want to mess with. The title also has another more obvious context, that of the Indian Gaming Industry as we find out that Lyman Larmartine is working towards building a Bingo Parlor on some undeeded land. Reading The Bingo Palace is a wonderful experience.
Every sentence is a masterpiece, evidence of a poet writing fiction.
However, this book requires patience and many sections require re-reads in order to keep track of the many relations and to truly understand the ending. In the end I probably read the book twice, by the time I had gone and back and forth a few times. Love Medicine , The Beet Queen and Tracks all involve the same three families as The Bingo Palace in the fictional town of Argus Dakota. These I must read, for now that I have been introduced to these people I want more. Karen Louise Erdrich was born in Little Falls, Minnesota in 1954 to a Chippewa mother and a German-American father.