{"product_id":"ask-the-dust-a-novel-by-john-fante-w-introduction-by-charles-bukowski","title":"Ask the Dust: A Novel \/ by John Fante w\/introduction by Charles Bukowski","description":"\u003cp\u003eEcco Press. Trade paperback. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56164776640678,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/askthedust.webp?v=1770158925","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/ask-the-dust-a-novel-by-john-fante-w-introduction-by-charles-bukowski","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}