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Ask the Dust
''Ask the Dust'' is the most popular novel of Italian-American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression-era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles. The book is a roman à clef, much of it rooted in autobiographical incidents in Fante's life. The novel influenced Charles Bukowski significantly. In 2006, screenwriter Robert Towne adapted the novel into a film ''Ask the Dust''.
==Themes==
Fante's most popular novel by far, the semi-autobiographical ''Ask the Dust'' is the second book in what is now referred to as "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" or "The Bandini Quartet". Bandini served as his alter ego in a total of four novels: ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1938), ''The Road to Los Angeles'' (chronologically, this is the first novel Fante wrote but it was unpublished until 1985), ''Ask the Dust'' (1939) and, finally, ''Dreams from Bunker Hill'' (1982). The last was dictated to his wife, Joyce, towards the end of his life. Fante's use of Bandini as his alter ego can be compared to Charles Bukowski's character, Henry Chinaski.
Recurring themes in Fante's works are poverty, Catholicism, family life, Italian-American identity, sports, and the writing life. ''Ask the Dust'' has been referred to over the years as a monumental Southern California/Los Angeles novel by many (e.g.: Carey McWilliams, Charles Bukowski, and The Los Angeles Times Book Review). More than sixty years after it was published, ''Ask the Dust'' appeared for several weeks on the New York Times' Bestseller's List.
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