This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante\'s 1939 classic, Ask the Dust , a true testament to the work\'s present and future impact.
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The contributors to this work--writers, critics, fans, scholars, screenwriters, directors, and others--analyze the provocative set of diaspora tensions informing Fante\'s masterpiece that distinguish it from those accounts of earlier East Coast migrations and minglings.
This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante\'s 1939 classic, Ask the Dust , a true testament to the work\'s present and future impact