Ask the Dust
by Fante, John; Preface by Charles Bukowski
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0876854447
- ISBN 13
- 9780876854440
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, 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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- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32221
- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Author
- Fante, John; Preface by Charles Bukowski
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0876854447
- ISBN 13
- 9780876854440
- Publisher
- Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Fante, John; Preface by Charles Bukowski Ask the Dust
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