In this comic picaresque novel, an oversized, undisciplined, ambitious young man with a talent for failure aspires to be a writer. Dan Fante--whose hero's name is "Dante"--is the son of the great but under-appreciated Los Angeles writer John Fante.
Bruno Dante is trying to straighten out selling printer supplies for a company ruled by a straight, militaristic disciplinarian. Unfortunately for Bruno, a former gangbanger, lap-dancer and crackhead called Jimmi turns up and soon he's back in free fall.
Bruno Dante - aspirant playwright and long-time drunk - has hitch-hiked cross country, escaping the sunshine of LA, for the more cynical climate of New York. He should fit right in. But if there's money for beer he's sure to fuck things up.
In Los Angeles, struggling telemarketer-writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante is jobless again. The publication of his book of short stories has been put off indefinitely. Searching the want ads for a gig, he finds a chauffeur job. When Bruno calls the number in the ad, he discovers the boss is his former Manhattan employer David Koffman, who is ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sun Dog Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780941543453ISBN:0941543455
Description: Very Good. 0941543455. Wraps show gentle rubbing. Pages are clean with NO markings, binding tight. Fiction. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; 0.5 x 8.8 x 6 Inches; 120 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: Bottle of Smoke Press
Date Published: 2007
Description: Marc Snyder. As New. Bottle number 5 continues the yearly series of beautifully hand-printed letterpress broadsides enclosed in a hand-printed folder. This Bottle features poem broadsides by Charles Bukowski, Dave Church, David Barker, S. A. Griffin, Owen Roberts, Kent Taylor, Jeffrey H. Weinberg and others. The cover features a woodcut drawing by Marc Snyder of Cleveland bookseller legend, Jim Lowell. Each broadside measures 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: Bottle of Smoke Press
Date Published: 2007
Description: As New. Signed by Many Contributors Bottle 5 is a beautiful hand-printed folio of 20 individual poetry broadsides-measuring 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". This is one of forty special numbered copies signed by all living poets and with a hand-printed signed and numbered woodblock print of Cleveland legendary bookseller James Lowell by Marc Snyder. Poets include Charles Bukowski, Dan Fante, S.A. Griffin, Tom Kryss, Kent Taylor, Jeffrey H. Weinberg, and others. As new with wraparound band as issued. read more
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