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Arturo Bandini is a struggling writer lodging in a seedy LA hotel. While basking in the glory of having had a single short story published in a small magazine, he meets local waitress Camilla Lopez and they embark on a strange and strained love-hate relationship. Slowly, but inexorably, it descends into the realm of madness. Ask the Dust is one of the truly great, yet unsung, American novels of the twentieth century. A tough and unsentimental story with a soft and tender heart, it remains as fresh and affecting as the day it was written.
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Ask the Dust, John Fante
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- Ask the Dust
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Fante
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN13
- 9780061807305
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, USA, Relationships, American Literature, English Literature, Adapted for Film, America, Writers, Success, Los Angeles, Perpetrator, 1930s, Novels about Artists
- First published
- 1939
- Original title
- Ask the Dust
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Arturo Bandini is a struggling writer lodging in a seedy LA hotel. While basking in the glory of having had a single short story published in a small magazine, he meets local waitress Camilla Lopez and they embark on a strange and strained love-hate relationship. Slowly, but inexorably, it descends into the realm of madness. Ask the Dust is one of the truly great, yet unsung, American novels of the twentieth century. A tough and unsentimental story with a soft and tender heart, it remains as fresh and affecting as the day it was written.