Ask the Dust
by Fante, John
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0060822554
- ISBN 13
- 9780060822552
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of Italian-American author John Fante, that published in 1939 and set during Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels based around the character Arturo Bandini serving as his alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles. The book is a roman à clef, much of it rooted in autobiographical incidents in Fante's life. The novel influenced Charles Bukowski significantly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Word Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210419760
- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Author
- Fante, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060822554
- ISBN 13
- 9780060822552
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006-02-07
- Size
- 8x5x0
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature, John Fante, Charles Bukowski, Arturo Bandini, Black Sparrow Press
- X weight
- 3 oz
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