Pride of the Bimbos
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Pride of the Bimbos is a novel by John Sayles
about a midget who is a
traveling baseball player who dresses in drag
and plays local teams. The baseball is always played without
comedy and the traveling team (the Bimbos)
almost always wins.
As the book unfolds the reader learns about
the midget named Pogo in flashbacks. At one time he was a gang leader and another he was
a detective. The main current of the book
seems to be unresolved and unresolvable
conflicts. Throughout the book a man who is
as tall as Pogo is short tries to find him to
do him harm.
John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter and author.-Early life:Sayles was born in Schenectady, New York, the son of Mary , a teacher, and Donald John Sayles, a school administrator. He was raised Catholic and took to labeling himself "a Catholic atheist"...
about a midget who is a
traveling baseball player who dresses in drag
Drag (clothing)
Drag is used for any clothing carrying symbolic significance but usually referring to the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender. The origin of the term "drag" is unknown, but it may have originated in Polari, a gay street argot in England in the early...
and plays local teams. The baseball is always played without
comedy and the traveling team (the Bimbos)
almost always wins.
As the book unfolds the reader learns about
the midget named Pogo in flashbacks. At one time he was a gang leader and another he was
a detective. The main current of the book
seems to be unresolved and unresolvable
conflicts. Throughout the book a man who is
as tall as Pogo is short tries to find him to
do him harm.