{"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":"Default Title","offer_id":48836077650125,"sku":"9780060822552","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_247cd6a6-bb93-4178-9ad1-23849a601150.jpg?v=1790992698","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/ask-the-dust","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}