The narrator is an Italian-American writer living in Los Angeles with his pregnant wife, Joyce. As the novel follows the course of Joyce's pregnancy, John deals with Joyce's shifting emotional moods, her growing interest in Roman Catholicism (from which John himself has fallen away), and termite infestation in the house. All of this is further complicated by John's problematic relationship with his father Nick, a retired bricklayer who isn't shy about sharing his own strong opinions about family life.
Master of storytelling. Sense of effortlessness and born-to-do-this. Fante's stories rarely exceed ordinary life and/or events, yet his stories amaze.
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English
Length:
161 pages
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