About the Book

He came along, kicking the snow. Here was a disgusted man. His name was Svevo Bandini, and he lived three blocks down that street. He was cold and there were holes in his shoes. That morning he had patched the holes on the inside with pieces of cardboard from a macaroni box. The macaroni in that box was not paid for. He had thought of that as he placed the cardboard inside his shoes.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780876855546
• ISBN 10: 0876855540
• Imprint: Ecco
• On Sale: 05/31/2002
• Pages: 272
• List Price:21.00 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Cultural Heritage
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Coming of Age
• BISAC4 : FICTION / Historical

John Fante

Biography

John Fante began writing in 1929 and published his first short story in 1932. His first novel, Wait Until Spring, Bandini, was published in 1938 and was the first of his Arturo Bandini series of novels, which also include The Road to Los Angeles and Ask the Dust. A prolific screenwriter, he was stricken with diabetes in 1955. Complications from the disease brought about his blindness in 1978 and, within two years, the amputation of both legs. He continued to write by dictation to his wife, Joyce, and published Dreams from Bunker Hill, the final installment of the Arturo Bandini series, in 1982. He died on May 8, 1983, at the age of seventy-four.

Other Works by John Fante

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  Ask the Dust

  By John Fante

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  The John Fante Reader

  By John Fante

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  Dreams from Bunker Hill

  By John Fante