The Bingo Palace

'Erdrich's prose has a compelling pulse to it. It is fluent and seductive, with the vigour and erotic potency of good rock music.' 'Sunday Times''Louise Erdrich has made the psychological landscape of the dispossessed triumphantly her own. She infuses ordinary lives with surreal poetry. As comedy, tragedy and dream melt together, we float across the borderland of mythology and realism as each character is enshrined in a destiny that is at once uplifting and sad. In its empathy, its poetry and its sheer narrative power, 'The Bingo Palace' confirms Erdrich as one of the greatest composers writing today.' 'Independent on Sunday''An epic, haunting novel, at once uplifting and sad' Independent on Sunday'Extraordinarily powerful... Money and love, together, are the twin driving forces that impel The Bingo Palace towards the superb tragedy of its ending.' Guardian'The power of Louise Erdrich's writing lies in the clear access she has to her characters' thoughts and feelings, and her ability to translate those feelings into words that are both poetic and unforced. The Bingo Palace is a beautiful novel, mysterious and revelatory, from a powerful American voice.' Erica Wagner, The Times'Beautiful... The Bingo Palace shows us a place where love, fate and chance are woven together like a braid.' New York Times'Dazzling, poetic, absorbing... Erdrich's prose is full of marvels' Clare Messud, TLS