1933 Was A Bad Year

John Fante author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:8th Oct '01

£9.99

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John Fante is a lost gem of American literature and the man who was credited by Charles Bukowski as the inspiration for him to start writing. In a life that spanned 74 years, Fante wrote several great novels, such as Ask the Dust, and numerous screenplays. He died in 1983 from diabetes-related complications.

Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfil his own dreams of becoming an American sports hero. This teenage southpaw aspires to the big leagues, big recognition and big love. He struggles, though, against the reality of his Italian parents, and comes under pressure to go into the family business. Brick-laying is not for Dominic. His father, however, seeks to pre-empt the inevitable road to failure by wanting Dominic to pick up a trowel instead of a pitcher's glove. His mother's response is to pray.
At once the story of class and an individual's struggle during hard times in America, 1933 was a Bad Year is a wonderful tale of childhood and its dissipation into adulthood.

Quirky, stylish and often funny. * * The List * *
Fante's writing has a freshness that should shame many of today's scribblers. * * Sunday Herald * *
Disappointment, disaffection, alienation, anomie and angst are the stock-in-trade of the cult writer, and John Fante is a fine example. * * The Times * *
Fante had a major effect upon me. Fante was my god. -- Charles Bukowski

ISBN: 9781841951928

Dimensions: 197mm x 126mm x 8mm

Weight: 85g

112 pages

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