A blackout brought on by a Mad Dog binge that ended with a self-inflicted steak knife wound bought Bruno Dante another stint in the nuthouse, no different from all the rest. Now it's done, and his wife, Agnes—taking time off from her personal-trainer lover—has come to pick Bruno up and to deliver a message from the West Coast: his screenwriter father is in the hospital in a coma and is not expected to live. So Bruno heads back to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion, where the tension and stress force him to dull the pain the only way he knows how—with alcohol. And when he wakes up naked in a stolen car with an underage hooker whose pimp has stolen his wallet, Bruno realizes the trip has just begun.
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“Don’t miss Chump Change. It is passionate, obscene, and quite wonderful.” (Los Angeles Times )
“Not a word comes out that one would correct . . . it is sublime.” (Gérard Guégan )
“Not a word comes out that one would correct . . . it is sublime.” (Gérard Guégan )
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Dan Fante is the son of novelist John Fante. He is the author of several books of poems, short stories, and plays, and the novels 86’d, Chump Change, Mooch, and Spitting Off Tall Buildings. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
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Reads like a slap in the face,
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Fante writes this work of fiction in the words of Bruno Dante. It is a fictionalized book that sort of follows who he himself once was but he tells it through Bruno. Its about an insane, unapologetic, blackout drunk. Such a wild ride beginning in New York and ending in LA, California. Starts with Dante being released from the nuthouse after a massive binge which ended with him doing a porno with other men and stabbing himself in the gut with a steak knife. Then, he finds out his father is sick and dying in the hospital so he goes to LA with a wife who despises him to see off his father and visit with his family who treats him like a ticking time bomb. Pretty much everybody has given up on him and he could care less. The book goes through some crazy scenes of him with a prostitute, missions to get booze, and his dads disgusting half dead dog--which seems to be the only things he truly cares about. Such a funny, wild book. I would totally recommend this book but its for a certain type of reader--not meant to make you feel sad or fuzzy at any point.
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