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Ask the Dust
by John Fante
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0060822554
- ISBN 13
- 9780060822552
- Seller
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Wichita, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Ecco, February 2006. Paper Back. New.
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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- Bookseller
- Eighth Day Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222675
- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Author
- John Fante
- Format/Binding
- Paper Back
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060822554
- ISBN 13
- 9780060822552
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- February 2006
- Pages
- 192
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