Ask The Dust
John Fante author Charles Bukowski editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Canongate Books
Published:6th Sep '18
£9.99
Available for immediate dispatch.
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.
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 * *
ISBN: 9781786896209
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
Weight: 144g
208 pages
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