Ask the Dust by John Fante 2006 Harper Perennial Modern Classics Softcover

Description: Ask the Dust by John Fante (2006 Harper Perennial Modern Classics Softcover Edition)Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . . and Bandini forever rejects the writer’s life he fought so hard to attain."I first read John Fante's books after seeing Charles Bukowski on video claiming Fante as his favorite writer. Bukowski said Fante 'writes like God.' Bukowski himself wasn't bad so I had to see what the fuss was all about with John Fante. Yes, I decided Fante does write like God. Pure genius story telling in the clearest prose you'll ever find. It manages to be conversational and literary both all at once. I suppose that's how God would do it." - OTS, Amazon ReviewerSoftcover / Harper Perennial / 2006 / Very Good Condition

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