Details and ordering information for all of Laurie's books
BEFORE ELVIS THERE WAS NOTHING
Coffee House Press
ISBN 978-1566891684
Paperback $14.00
A fabulist for the twenty-first century, Laurie Foos is back with a whip-smart, refreshingly contemporary take on the nature of beauty, the importance of appearance and the all-too-human cravings for friendship, spiritual fulfillment and love . . . > MORE
BINGO UNDER THE CRUCIFIX
Coffee House Press
ISBN 978-1566891332
Paperback $14.00
The twisted, eccentric characters in this hilarious metaphor-stretching novel are ripped straight from today's tabloids: a man obsessed with Spiderman, whose irresponsibility has reached such epic proportions that he literally reverts to being a newborn . . . > MORE
EX UTERO
Coffee House Press
ISBN
978-1566890304
Paperback $16.95
In this odd, hilarious parable, Rita loses her uterus, setting off a chain reaction of sympathetic reactions in other women. Off she sets to retrace her steps as though she's hunting her car keys . . .
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PORTRAIT OF THE WALRUS BY A YOUNG ARTIST
Harvest/HBJ:
ISBN 978-0156005432 / Paperback $15.00
Coffee House Press: 978-1-56689-057-1 / Hardcover $19.95
"If I'd known Walruses were waiting for me on some back road in Florida, I might have taken more of an interest in bowling." The first sentence of Laurie Foos's bizarre yet wonderful novel, Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist, gives readers an indication . . . > MORE
TWINSHIP
Harcourt
ISBN 978-0151004171
Hardcover $24.95
A wildly original story about a woman who unwittingly gives birth to herself. Long before Dolly the sheep, there were Maxi, Minnie, and a clone called Middle. Maxi Dublin, a cat breeder, is thirty-four, single, and pregnant. . . > MORE