Dan Fante Knihy

Bruno Dante is the best boiler-room salesman in Los Angeles. There's only one problem: he can't keep a good thing going. When he becomes involved with a beautiful but dangerous fellow Orbit Computer Supplies employee—sexy ex-stripper, gangbanger, and crackhead Jimmi Valiente—Bruno's ready to chuck his job and his most recent twelve–step program. Leaping headfirst into an impossibly destructive love-hate relationship with the addictive Jimmi, Bruno finds it's not long at all before his world begins to spiral out of control . . . again.

After yet another stint in the nuthouse, Bruno Dante is headed back to Los Angeles upon learning that his father is in a coma and is not expected to live. The stress and tension of a "family reunion" cause him to overindulge, and when he wakes up, naked in a stolen car with an underage prostitute whose pimp has stolen his wallet, he realizes the trip has just begun

In eight brutally honest short stories Dan Fante takes the traditional cab driver 'knowledge' to a deeper place fuelled by raw emotion, wine guzzling existentialism and fleetingly hopeful poetic epiphanies.

Alcoholic Bruno Dante tries to find steady work he can stand in New York City, punctuating his unhappiness with drinking binges and meaningless affairs. Then he is given a chance to put his life back on track and start writing again if he can overcome the habit of failing

Struggling with addiction and unemployment, Bruno Dante takes a job as a chauffeur for his former boss, David Koffman, who has launched a new limo service in Los Angeles. Hired under the condition of sobriety, Bruno faces the challenge of maintaining his newfound success while battling his inner demons. As business flourishes, he spirals into a cycle of drinking and blackouts, prompting a confrontation with his personal madness and the fight to reclaim control over his life.

Set against a gritty backdrop, the story follows JD Fiorella, a former private investigator driven by a quest for vengeance after the murder of his friend. As he navigates the dark underbelly of crime, the narrative explores themes of loyalty, justice, and the personal demons that haunt him. With a compelling mix of suspense and emotional depth, the novel delves into the complexities of friendship and the lengths one will go to seek retribution.

"In the freewheeling, debaucherous tradition of Charles Bukowski, a taxi driver's stories from the streets of lowlife Los Angeles. Dan Fante lived the stories he wrote. His voice has the immediacy of a stranger of the next barstool, of a friend who lives on the edge. As he writes in Short Dog (the title comes from street slang for a half-pint of alcohol): I had been back working a cabbie gig as a result of my need for money. And insanity. Hack driver is the only occupation I know about with no boss, and because I have always performed poorly at supervised employment, I returned to the taxi business. The upside, now that I was working again, was that my own boozing was under control and I was on beer only, except for my days off.s"--