The Road to Los Angeles
by John Fante
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0876856490
- ISBN 13
- 9780876856499
- Seller
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About This Item
Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1985. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.
This novel introduces Fante's alter ego Arturo Bandini who reappears in Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), Ask the Dust (1939), and Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982). The manuscript was discovered among John Fante's papers after his death in May, 1983 by his widow Joyce, and now may be included in that short, distinguished list of important first novels by American authors.
This novel introduces Fante's alter ego Arturo Bandini who reappears in Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), Ask the Dust (1939), and Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982). The manuscript was discovered among John Fante's papers after his death in May, 1983 by his widow Joyce, and now may be included in that short, distinguished list of important first novels by American authors.
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- Shop-books.ca (CA)
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- 202000682
- Title
- The Road to Los Angeles
- Author
- John Fante
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876856490
- ISBN 13
- 9780876856499
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature; First Editions;
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