| Chump Change Contributor(s): Fante, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061779245 ISBN-13: 9780061779244 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 Annotation: In New York, Bruno Dante's life is a train wreck. A call comes from L.A.: his screenwriter father is in a coma and not expected to live. The next three weeks on the streets of Los Angeles will alter Bruno Dante forever. In this novelistic homage to his father (Fante is the son of famed California novelist John Fante), Dan Fante expresses his hero's and his own bewilderment with a rawness, crudeness and shock, which never stifles the tenderness and compassion he has for his characters. Originally published to acclaim in France, this is the first US edition of Fante's debut novel. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.24" W x 8.02" (0.37 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
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| Publisher Description: When he finds out his father is in a coma, aspiring writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante, fresh from the nuthouse, must head to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion in Dan Fante's Chump Change. Now back in print to coincide with the publication of his new novel, 86'd, Chump Change follows Bruno through the tension and stress of facing his family--and the inevitable, pain-dulling drinking that lands him naked in a stolen car with an underage hooker whose pimp has stolen his wallet. Chump Change is "an honest misfit's view of America far too few know." (John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenant's Woman). |
Contributor Bio(s): Fante, Dan: - Dan Fante is the author of the memoir Fante, the novels 86'd, Chump Change, Mooch, and Spitting Off Tall Buildings, and several books of poetry, short stories, and plays. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. |