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Short Dog - Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets (Paperback)
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Short Dog - Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets (Paperback)
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"Soaked in booze and sadness, psychotic eruptions and
hilarity."-Willy Vlautin In the freewheeling, debaucherous
tradition of Charles Bukowski, a taxi driver's stories from the
streets of lowlife Los Angeles-with an introduction by Willy
Vlautin. "Dan Fante is an authentic literary outlaw."-New York
Times. Dan Fante lived the stories he wrote. His voice has the
immediacy of a stranger of the next barstool, of a friend who lives
on the edge. As he writes in Short Dog (the title is street slang
for a half-pint of alcohol): I had been back working a cabbie gig
as a result of my need for money. And insanity. Hack driver is the
only occupation I know about with no boss, and because I have
always performed poorly at supervised employment, I returned to the
taxi business. The up side, now that I was working again, was that
my own boozing was under control and I was on beer only, except for
my days off. Fante was the son of famed novelist and screenwriter
John Fante, but as the Los Angeles Times wrote, the younger Fante
"... allows us a glimpse of the Southern California demimonde that
surely escaped his father's attention." These outsider stories are
raw, vivid, and brutally honest. But even when the stories are
fueled by anger and disgust, they are punctuated by unexpectedly
funny and dark-humored vignettes. Short Dog is for readers ready
for a cab ride on the wild side.
General
Imprint: |
Black Sparrow Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Dan Fante
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Introduction by: |
Willy Vlautin
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Tall rack
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Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-57423-249-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
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LSN: |
1-57423-249-5 |
Barcode: |
9781574232493 |
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