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Ask The Dust (Canons)

Ask The Dust (Canons)

by Charles Bukowski (Introduction), Charles Bukowski (Introduction), John Fante (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

Arturo Bandini arrives in Los Angeles with big dreams. But the reality he finds is a city gripped by poverty. When he makes a small fortune from the publication of a short story, he reinvents himself, indulging in expensive clothes, fine food and downtown strip clubs. But Bandini's delusions take a worrying turn when he is drawn into a relationship with Camilla Lopez, a beautiful but troubled young woman who will be responsible for his greatest downfall. Ask the Dust is an unforgettable novel about outsiders looking in on a town built on celluloid dreams.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Main - Canons reissue
 Publisher: Canongate Canons
Published: 06 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 1786896206
ISBN 13: 9781786896209

Media Reviews
Written of and from the gut and the heart . . . Fante was my god -- Charles Bukowski
A powerful and moving read * * Guardian * *
A tough and beautifully realised tale - affecting, powerful and poignant * * Time Out * *
This stunning novel, as Charles Bukowski's 1980 foreword outlines, was the reason he became a writer. Is there any better recommendation? * * Uncut * *
Bandini is a magnificent creation, and his discovery is not before time * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Author Bio
John Fante was born in Denver on 8 April 1909 and migrated to Los Angeles in his early twenties. Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), his first novel, began the saga of Arturo Bandini, a character whose story continues in The Road to Los Angeles, Ask the Dust and Dreams from Bunker Hill - collectively known as The Bandini Quartet. Fante published several other novels, as well as stories, novellas and screenplays, in his seventy-four years, including The Brotherhood of the Grape (1977) and 1933 Was A Bad Year (posthumously, 1985). He was recognised in 1987 with a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award in Los Angeles, four years after his death.