Fante, John [1909-1983,]

Ask the dust - Edinburgh Canongate 2018 - x, 194 pages ; 20 cm

Canons edition / introduced by Charles Bukowski.

9781786896209 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. 2022

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Man-woman relationships--Fiction
Young men--Fiction
California--Fiction

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