Ask the Dust
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Author | John Fante |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Released | 1939 |
Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0060822554 |
Ask the Dust is a 1939 novel by Italian-American author John Fante set in Depression-Era California. It is part of a series of novels based around the character of Arturo Bandini. The novel has been adapted into a film: Ask the Dust (film). The film has been criticized as a poor adaptation of the novel.