John Fante Reader

"Because so much of Fante's writing was furiously egocentric, Mr. Cooper has been able to give this anthology the engrossing air of an autobiography. The names of Fante's stand-ins change, but their brooding and posturing endure through a series of novels, stories and letters. By any name...the hero of these tales is a comically self-absorbed writer struggling with his Italian-American family, with Catholicism, with the allure and cruelty of an impoverished life in Southern California and with writing movies...."Fante, John is the author of 'John Fante Reader' with ISBN 9780060959487 and ISBN 0060959487.