About the book: 2007 / The novel by the classic of American literature John Fante (1909–1983) is a story about a young Italian Arturo Bandini, who comes to Los Angeles, to start a new, “American” life and gain fame as a famous writer. But a chance meeting with the Mexican beauty Camilla, pouring beer in a cheap “Colombian buffet,” ruins his plans overnight... ...One day I took another book, opened it and tried to read. A few moments later I was already carrying it to the table, like a man who is among piles of rubbish discovered a golden nugget... Finally, I found a person who was not afraid of emotions. Humor and pain were interspersed with amazing simplicity. The beginning was so violent that it shocked me, like an unheard-of miracle. Charles Bukowski