Voodoo Lounge: A Novel - Softcover

Bauman, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743270983 ISBN 13: 9780743270984

Publisher: Touchstone, 2005

Synopsis

Tory Harris and Junior Davis were in love -- a fierce, drunk barracks love that finally exploded in deception and betrayal. When their paths cross again it is the opening days of the U.S. invasion of Haiti -- the strangest of America's "little wars" of the 1990s. Rooted in the inner struggles of its characters and the weight of their secrets, Voodoo Lounge is the story of addiction in a triangle: Harris, a young, driven sergeant, the only female in her detachment; Davis, the disgraced former soldier whose tragedy burns all it touches; and Marc Hall, a Haitian-American intelligence officer sent to occupy his mother's homeland.
In living, detailed portraits, the novel segues through an army boat, an old missionary ship, the depths of a Haitian prison, and a squatters' camp in the shadow of an HIV hospital. Voodoo Lounge emerges as a novel of longing and love, of excess and bareness, of betrayal flowing in the blood, and the cold, blind passion for redemption.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

"Rich in character and detail...Bauman writes with precision. The prose in Voodoo Lounge reverberates in the white space around it. A strong, compelling work." -- Robert Stone, Author of Dog Soldiers and Damascus Gate

"An intensely atmospheric novel, devastating and immediate. Christian Bauman is a writer with a voice all his own: passionate, energetic and unfailingly honest." -- Regina McBride, author of The Nature of Water and Air

About the Author

Christian Bauman has worked as a touring musician, cook, painter, clerk, laborer, and editor. He served four years as a soldier in the US Army Waterborne, including tours of duty in Somalia and Haiti. He lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Touchstone
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743270983
• ISBN 13: 9780743270984
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314