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Ask the Dust
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Podcasts that mention Ask the Dust by John Fante
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Episode: Timothy Denevi on Hunter S Thompson and the Art of Journalism
Published on November 18, 2023
No, I'm going to read 'Ask the Dust.' I have that in the story; it's one of the great novels of all time. Uh, crazy story which we should talk about; he has a bunch, maybe '1933 was a Bad Year,' 'The Road to Los Angeles.'
The podcast host expresses his plan to read 'Ask the Dust' by John Fante, describing it as one of the great novels of all time.
And the legend, it's true and not true; but the legend is 'Ask the Dust' sells out its first printing or is selling through its first printing in a good clip. It would have been a huge book; this distracted the publisher, sucks up its marketing budget, which they spend on legal fees, which they then lose, and 'Ask the Dust' is then forgotten until, yeah, 1970, whatever, when Charles Bukowski discovers the lone surviving copy in the Los Angeles Public Library.
The guest discusses the challenges faced by John Fante's novel 'Ask the Dust' during its publication, highlighting how the book initially sold well but eventually became overlooked.
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