86'd
by Dan Fante
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Struggling telemarker-writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante gets hired as a limo driver by the West Coast branch of his former Manhatten employer, provided that he keeps sober. But when financial and creative success drives Bruno back to the bottle, he struggles to keep his personal demons from getting the best of him again.Tags
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20th Century Crime and Punishment, California style.
Internalized, drug addled, narcissistic, genuine and . . .
" . . . To our right was a hundred miles of Pacific Ocean. There'd been a storm and the sea was choppy. I began counting the sets of waves as they crashed in on the shore. We headed south back toward Los Angeles."
Internalized, drug addled, narcissistic, genuine and . . .
" . . . To our right was a hundred miles of Pacific Ocean. There'd been a storm and the sea was choppy. I began counting the sets of waves as they crashed in on the shore. We headed south back toward Los Angeles."
(Adding this to my library now though I read it some time ago--this title just now showed up as a recommendation and I want to confirm that yes, it's a good recommendation. ;-)
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- Canonical title
- 86'd
- Original title
- 86'D
- Original publication date
- 2009
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