Dan Fante

Dan Fante lived in Los Angeles, a city that provided the setting for much of his work. His novels (published by Ecco) include Chump Change , Mooch , 86'd and Spitting Off Tall Buildings . He is also the author of the poetry collections A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch From Los Angeles and Kissed by a Fat Waitress , as well as the memoir, Fante: A Family's Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving .

Dan Fante lived in Los Angeles, a city that provided the setting for much of his work. His novels (published by Ecco) include Chump Change , Mooch , 86'd and Spitting Off Tall Buildings . He is also the author of the poetry collections A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch From Los Angeles and Kissed by a Fat Waitress , as well as the memoir, Fante: A Family's Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving . See less