John Fante was born in 1909, and migrated to Los Angeles in his early twenties. Classically out of place in a town built on celluloid dreams, Fante's literary fiction was full of torn grace and redemptive vengeance. His novels include Ask the Dust, The Bandini Quartet, and The Brotherhood of the Grape. He was posthumously recognised in 1987 with a Lifetime Achievement Award by PEN, Los Angeles four years after his death from diabetes-related complications.
Books by John Fante
