Description: Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . . and Bandini forever rejects the writer's life he fought so hard to attain. Author: John Fante Publisher: Ecco Press Published: 02/07/2006 Pages: 192 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.32lbs Size: 8.05h x 5.34w x 0.45d ISBN: 9780060822552 Book and Mortar Record Store Ask the Dust -- John Fante Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . . and Bandini forever rejects the writer's life he fought so hard to attain. Author: John Fante Publisher: Ecco Press Published: 02/07/2006 Pages: 192 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.32lbs Size: 8.05h x 5.34w x 0.45d ISBN: 9780060822552
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Release Title: Ask the Dust -- John Fante
Book Title: Ask the Dust
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: Classics, Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Literary, Romance / General
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 5.4 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: John Fante
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
