num_pages: 304
description: Richard Collins sets out to tell the John Fante story through the analysis of his books. Once one of the “forgotten” writers of the 1930s, John Fante, an important figure in the history of the Italian-American novel, is caught from several an ethnic writer, as a comic novelist, as a serious writer struggling to remain in Hollywood.
language: English
title: John Fante: A Literary Portrait
titlecomplete: John Fante: A Literary Portrait (Essay Series 39)
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Guernica Editions Inc