Ask the Dust
by Fante, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0876854447
- ISBN 13
- 9780876854440
- Seller
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Newport Coast, California, United States
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About This Item
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
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
- Seller
- Bonita (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0876854447.G
- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Author
- Fante, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0876854447
- ISBN 13
- 9780876854440
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Books
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- This edition first published
- 1980
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