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Any love for John Fante?
I loved Ask the Dust. It reminded me of a Bukowski if he was a polished writer. That may be a turn off for someone, but I enjoyed it greatly. I'm starting "Wait Until Spring, Bandini" with hope it's as good.
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>>8835926
As bad as Bukowski, Kerouac, Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
Read Portnoy's Complaint instead.
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>>8835926
Fante is such a comfy read, I've worked my way through most of his books. I'd rank them like this:
Brotherhood of the Grape > The Big Hunger > West of Rome > Wait Until Spring, Bandini > The Wine of Youth > Dreams from Bunker Hill > Road to Los Angeles > Ask the Dust > 1933 Was a Bad Year
Currently reading his Selected Letters (the authorial style is as Bandini as expected). After that I think I've got just Full of Life to go.
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>>8835926
I like Ask the Dust. I call it Fante's Inferno.
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>>8835950
>Portnoy's Complaint
That's worse than anything you listed.
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>>8836191
>Brotherhood of the Grape
Can I just start with that our do you recommend a certain reading order?
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Any similarities between Fante and Hamsun considering "Ask the dust" is a Hamsun reference?
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>>8836293
No, you're just a goy with pleb taste.
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>>8835926
Ask the Dust was what got me into John Fante, and also what got me to start hating Bukowski once I realized that all Bukowski wanted to be was Fante.
Wait Until Spring Bandini was great as well but I really really loved Brotherhood of the Grape and Dreams from Bunker Hill best even if my favorite is Ask the Dust for sentimental reasons
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>>8836191
Really? I didn't even realize he had that many books. I found digital copies of the Wine of Youth and Wait Until Spring, Bandini. I'm really enjoying the latter, but not as much as Ask the Dust. Perhaps it's because it's more centered around the family than just a man. I felt the same way comparing Post Office to Ham on Rye.
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>>8836862
In the preface to Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Fante is described as telling his publisher he was the next Hamsun.
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