John Fante, his work and his life
Also: Are these books humorous? Noir beatnik?
There is a thread of humor throughout, more so than the Beats, but also Keroucian in a way, but with normal sentence structure. Bandini is always on some kind of road—figuratively, and at times literally.
Let's assume my self-inflicted ADD permits to read only one of the four. Which one should I pick?
“Ask the Dust” (and by the way, skip the movie by the same title starring Colin Farrell and Selma Hayek, a real dud, I couldn’t finish watching it).
Also: Are these books humorous? Noir beatnik?
There is a thread of humor throughout, more so than the Beats, but also Keroucian in a way, but with normal sentence structure. Bandini is always on some kind of road—figuratively, and at times literally.
Let's assume my self-inflicted ADD permits to read only one of the four. Which one should I pick?
“Ask the Dust” (and by the way, skip the movie by the same title starring Colin Farrell and Selma Hayek, a real dud, I couldn’t finish watching it).