Pride of the Bimbos A Novel Author:John Sayles The Pride of the Bimbos is John Sayles's outrageous, poignant and hilarious first novel, about a circus sideshow softball teamThe Brooklyn Bimboswho play in drag at scraggly small towns across the South. The heart of the teamand the novelis a midget and former private eye named Pogo Burns, who is pursued by Dred, a... more »n evil super-pimp whom Pogo had earlier shot in order to rescue a woman he loved. The Pride of the Bimbos is about Pogo's rise, fall and eventual immortality, a man who refuses to admit he's a freak.« less