{"product_id":"ask-the-dust","title":"Ask the Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Either the work of John Fante is unknown to you or unforgettable. He was not the kind of writer to leave room in between.\" — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fante was my God.\"—Charles Bukowski\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Fante’s classic California novel details the adventures of his alter ego, Arturo Bandini, a young writer in Great Depression-era Los Angeles. Struggling to succeed, Bandini falls into an obsessive love affair with the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Yet just as fortune looms with the publication of his first novel, everything falls apart when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears—propelling Bandini to reject the writer’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Fante","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55250931056931,"sku":"9780060822552","price":14.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780060822552.jpg?v=1781794764","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/ask-the-dust","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}