Ask The Dust

Synopsis

"either the work of john fante is unknown to you or unforgettable. He was not the kind of writer to leave room in between. " — new york times"fante was my god. "—charles bukowskijohn fante’s classic california novel details the adventures of his alter ego, arturo bandini, a young writer in great depression-era los angeles. Struggling to succeed, bandini falls into an obsessive love affair with the elusive, mocking, unstable camilla lopez, a mexican waitress.