num_pages: 152
description: My first collision with fame was hardly memorable. I was a busboy at Marx's Deli. The year was 1934. The place was Third and Hill, Los Angeles. I was twenty-one years old, living in a world bounded on the west by Bunker Hill, on the east by Los Angeles Street, on the south by Pershing Square, and on the north by Civic Center. I was a busboy nonpareil, with great verve and style for the profession, and though I was dreadfully underpaid (one dollar a day plus meals) I attracted considerable attention as I whirled from table to table, balancing a tray on one hand, and eliciting smiles from my customers. I had something else beside a waiter's skill to offer my patrons, for I was also a writer.
language: English
title: Dreams from Bunker Hill
titlecomplete: Dreams from Bunker Hill (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #4)
characters: Arturo Bandini
genres: 20th Century, American, Americana, Novels, United States, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 5155
places: Los Angeles, California
series: The Saga of Arturo Bandini
publisher: EccoPress