{"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":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52317698457816,"sku":"9780060822552","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_ccedc7e9-6dc0-4fed-93ba-b6d5afed57e8.jpg?v=1787949751","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/ask-the-dust","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}