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.