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title: "Ecco Ask the Dust"
brand: "john fante"
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# Ecco Ask the Dust

**Brand:** john fante
**Price:** € 23.85
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- **What is this?** Ecco Ask the Dust by john fante
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## Description

Ecco Ask the Dust

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #26,661 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #227 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction #1,012 in Classic Literature & Fiction #2,077 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,880 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

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    The most famous of the Bandini series.
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2020*

This was recommended by a friend. Fante has long been overlooked, I think he was two or three decades before his time. This book is first rate a real page turner, Fante writes beautifully.I don't think it matters which order you read the Bandini novels, I've read 2 so far and they are both excellent. It definitely makes economic sense to buy the 4 books as a single volume.

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    A book about ambition.
  

*by M***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2009*

I was expecting this book to be the same as much of Bukowski's work. It really isn't though. What we have here is the tale of a young writer who desperately wants to be famous. He lives alone, feels guilty about asking his Mum for more cash and desperately struggles to find something to write about. His writers block ends when he meets a young waitress. The tale of his (kinda) relationship is oddly touching. The girl wants him to be something that he isn't. He tries, fails and is ultimately abandoned by her.At first you think the book is going to be written in a very basic, almost cold style. But as the narrative progresses there are some really nice lyrical touches. The best being how the dust of the desert is just waiting for humanity to end, so it can reclaim its territory.It's occasionally corny and a bit hammy, but you eventually get to like the writer and end up feeling sorry for him.So, no Bukowski drunkeness. No Bukowski fighting, and no Bukowski woman hating. It's all about the struggle to become a famous author. Insightful, because despite Bukowski's self mythologising ways, this is ultimately what he wanted out of life as well.

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    An American Contemporary with All The Charm of a Day at The Races
  

*by K***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 February 2017*

Having read John Fante's 'Ask The Dust' I can now see why it is heralded as an American Contemporary Classic.This book is both surprisingly witty and at times downright depressing with the main character, Arturo Bandini (to be pronounced in the voice of Bukowski in the preface) set on his dream of becoming 'the greatest writer the world has ever seen'.Along the way he meets many characters, non more dynamic than waitress Camilla, who is working in the local coffee shop. They form a relationship of special sorts and thus begins Arturo's true journey.I would highly recommend this book to anybody who has previously enjoyed; Charles Bukowski, Louis-Ferdinand Céline or even Kurt Vonnegut.

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