Bingo Under the Crucifix

By Laurie Foos

Book Overview

The twisted, eccentric characters in this hilarious metaphor-stretching novel are ripped straight from today's tabloids: a man obsessed with Spiderman, whose ir-responsibility has reached such epic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566891337
• ISBN13: 9781566891332
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Foos Does It Again

In her 4th novel, Laurie Foos once again creates a world of unexpected events, absurdities, and characters who are doing their best to cope with situations that are way, way weird: but this time she brings a whole new level of maturity and daring to her writing. The main character of "Bingo" is a young woman who's an artist-figure--she makes dolls, and she's great at it--and she has got to reckon with terrible abuse from her past, abuse that was kept secret. The central point is the grotesque, abrud spectre of a grown man who has mysteriously changed into an infant--in a lesser writer's hands, this stuff would just be nutso. But in Foos's hands, it's highly effective. And the subplot of a teen beauty queen giving birth at halftime of a football game is absolutely unforgettable. It's a wild ride, this, and hugely worth it.