Tag Archives: Fante

sleroyer wrote early on about her struggles with reading and how the class discussions inspired her to want to get more out of it, “to understand these books like some of [her] classmates.” And while I have always been a strong … Continue reading →

I loved this part: “That fool. Even his punctuation was bad.” Way to emasculate your rival, Bandini! It made me think of Eats, Shots and Leaves, the 2004 bestseller about a hardboiled panda on a crusade for correct punctuation. The … Continue reading →

I’m having a hard time placing this in the hardboiled/noir context. It seems a bit of an anomaly, especially coming after Red Harvest. I see some connections. The first person narration is something of a noir trope, but Fante hardly … Continue reading →