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Ask the Dust (P.S.) is John Fante’s classic portrait of a young writer, Arturo Bandini, living in 1930s Los Angeles on the brink of poverty. He falls deeply in love with the witty, unstable Mexican waitress Camilla Lopez. Bandini’s relentless ambition leads to the publication of his first novel, but his triumph is cut short when Camilla suffers a nervous breakdown and disappears. In the aftermath, Bandini is forced to confront the fragile nature of artistic success and the harsh realities of life.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: John Fante
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