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The Bandini Quartet

by John Fante · 1982

The Saga of Arthur Bandini series

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Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short stories and screenplays that complete his career, the author's crowning accomplishment is the Arturo Bandini tetralogy.

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epic · 749 pages

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