A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch from Los Angeles: Collected Poems, 1983-2002 [Hardcover]

Dan Fante (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2002

Signed and numbered hardcover trade.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Dan Fante allows us a glimpse of the Southern California demimonde that surely escaped his father's attention. -- Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review

Dan Fante. Remember the name. -- Kevin Ring, Beat Scene

Fante offers moments which brush the genius of Bukowski and Hubert Selby, Jr. -- Elle --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dan Fante was raised in L.A. At twenty he hitchhiked to New York where he survived for over a decade on cheap whiskey, wrote thousands of unpublished poems, and failed at three suicide attempts. After getting sober, Fante returned to Los Angeles where he published his first novel in 1996. Today he lives in Venice, California with his tall wife Ayrin Leigh and a 2-year-old, blue-eyed son named Michelangelo Giovanni Fante. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sun Dog Pr; Sgd Ltd edition (August 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941543323
• ISBN-13: 978-0941543323
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,469,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The son of novelist John Fante (Ask the Dust), Dan Fante is the author of the novels 86'd, Chump Change, and Mooch; the short story collection, Short Dog; two books of poetry; and the plays The Boiler Room and Don Giovanni. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he lives in Arizona with his wife and son.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars his best yet, November 9, 2002

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This review is from: A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch from Los Angeles (Hardcover)

As a premier fan of Dan Fante's work, I thought I'd never read anything that could match the brutal intensity of the Bruno Dante trilogy or the raw dramatic power of his stage plays. But I was wrong. His collected poems, for my money, is his best work yet. In every one of these finely-cut gems you get a glimpse of the Fante you never quite see in his novels and plays -- the philosopher having distilled his wide-ranging experience of life into countless grains of wisdom. I couldn't stop thinking about this book for days, weeks, months after I read it -- and I read it straight through in one shot, hungrily, like a starving dog. Now I know why Dan Fante considers himself a poet first and foremost: because he is, and he's the best. I hope we're going to have more of his poems and soon. This man is a major talent, no question about it -- he can do anything.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars in your face, January 25, 2003

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"vampireghost" (los angeles, california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch from Los Angeles (Hardcover)

hold on to your chair... like other Dan Fante writings it's good ...real good. Cuts to the chase, leaves nothing out, no sugar coating just real down to earth "in your face" life reflections. Written in a straight forward manner, easy and flowing. I read the book in one sitting. It gives the feeling and energy like your driving down a loaded four lane highway going 140 mph!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comlete possesion, January 17, 2003

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ayrin leigh (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch from Los Angeles (Hardcover)

Mr fante's voice takes hold of you and does not let go long after the book is put down. It is comlete possesion. I was first drawn into this world through Chump Change. There is a truth that gets inside and does not leave.