"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 Bukowski

John Fante's second book details the adventures of his alter ego, Arturo Bandini, a young writer in Los Angeles in the late 1930s. Struggling to succeed, Bandini falls in love with the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Yet just as fortune looms with the publication of his first novel, everything falls apart when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears--propelling Bandini to reject the writer's life.

Author: John Fante
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 02/07/2006
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.34w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780060822552