Spitting Off Tall Buildings

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Bruno Dante - aspirant playwright and long-time drunk - has hitch-hiked cross country, escaping the sunshine of LA, for the more cynical climate of New York. He should fit right in. But if there's money for beer he's sure to fuck things up.
Bruno Dante - aspirant playwright and long-time drunk - has hitch-hiked cross country, escaping the sunshine of LA, for the more cynical climate of New York. He should fit right in. But if there's money for beer he's sure to fuck things up.
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Published
August 9th 2002
by Canongate Books


(first published 2002)



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”Soon [my brain] was assuring me that my story was puke, worthless cockshit. Another moron idea I’d left incomplete. A failure. I got up and went to my writing table, looking down at the pages and pages of words. It was true. I saw the misspellings, the hurried errors, my hopeless, inaccurate punctuation. Slobbo! I flung the pages in the direction of the trash can. I was talentless. No wonder I drank and let queers suck my cock. Loser! Stuck with no job, near penniless, walled in like a cockroac
”Soon [my brain] was assuring me that my story was puke, worthless cockshit. Another moron idea I’d left incomplete. A failure. I got up and went to my writing table, looking down at the pages and pages of words. It was true. I saw the misspellings, the hurried errors, my hopeless, inaccurate punctuation. Slobbo! I flung the pages in the direction of the trash can. I was talentless. No wonder I drank and let queers suck my cock. Loser! Stuck with no job, near penniless, walled in like a cockroach surrounded by a rooming house full of junkies and perverts. I was finally where I really belonged.” Bruno Fante, the alter ego of the writer Dan Fante, has moved from California to New York. He’s still trying to escape the spectre of his brilliant father as he attempts to string together words that would make his father proud, if said father were still alive. Writing nor life is going well. He is broke. He drinks too much, and when he drinks too much, he likes to find a grungy movie theater to have men suck his cock...and sometimes more. When he is sober, he is heterosexual and feels, don’t know if guilty is the right word, almost more betrayed by his desperate need for “queer” sex when inebriated. He has to find a job fast, but Bruno is not easy to employ. He isn’t an ideal employee, given his penchant for arriving late, calling in sick, coming to work drunk, and telling his bosses exactly what he thinks of their character. Generally, when Bruno lands a job, he may as well start looking for the next one. There are two jobs he takes that have great possibilities for some Bruno extravagant behavior—dangling from a harness and washing windows and driving a cab. The problem is, I don’t feel like Dan Fante takes well enough advantage of those opportunities for writing gold. Can you imagine what Bruno could have witnessed gazing in those hundreds of windows? Or how about the interesting characters he might have met in the backseat of his cab? Well, you will have to imagine them because Fante didn’t write about them. After two fun and irreverent books set in L.A., I was really looking forward to the Bruno Fante hurricane flying down the streets of New York. This book lacks the crisp flurry of punches that make the first two books so good. It feels more like Fante caught a punch in the second round that made him woozy, and in the third, his punches are feeble so, even when he hits the target, he fails to have any force behind the blow. I’m still looking forward to the fourth book, 86’D , and hopefully, Fante will regain his equilibrium and land a knockout punch in the fourth and final round. If you wish to see more of my most recent book and movie reviews, visit http://www.jeffreykeeten.com I also have a Facebook blogger page at: https://www.facebook.com/JeffreyKeeten and an Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/jeffreykeeten/
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Mar 20, 2014


Oliver


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Im glad i discovered this book and Dan. Better than his old man, in my opinion..i will next read mooch and chump change.




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Jun 07, 2017


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This short novel by the son of famed author John Fante is very much in the vein of Charles Bukowski. That is to say it's full of odd jobs, hard drinking and poor punctuation. As a literary work there's little to recommend it, but it did make for a quick and enjoyable read. Methinks I will partake of Dan Fante again.
This short novel by the son of famed author John Fante is very much in the vein of Charles Bukowski. That is to say it's full of odd jobs, hard drinking and poor punctuation. As a literary work there's little to recommend it, but it did make for a quick and enjoyable read. Methinks I will partake of Dan Fante again.
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Aug 06, 2017


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Very grim, flat, surprisingly honest, straight-up, rather depressing... Dante seems to be a bisexual character with evident homosexual desires... he's torn-up about it. Also like his father he can be a bit of a jerk to the people around him. I won't say this rocked my world but it wasn't boring either.
Very grim, flat, surprisingly honest, straight-up, rather depressing... Dante seems to be a bisexual character with evident homosexual desires... he's torn-up about it. Also like his father he can be a bit of a jerk to the people around him. I won't say this rocked my world but it wasn't boring either.
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Apr 06, 2020


Caleb


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This is the third novel I've read by Dan Fante. He never disappoints. This book is different from his other "Bruno Dante" novels, which are mostly set in LA — this one is set in NYC — but still here is his terse, airtight writing style, his grit, his edge, his wit, and his bruised but big beautiful heart.
This is the third novel I've read by Dan Fante. He never disappoints. This book is different from his other "Bruno Dante" novels, which are mostly set in LA — this one is set in NYC — but still here is his terse, airtight writing style, his grit, his edge, his wit, and his bruised but big beautiful heart.
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Apr 24, 2020


Irene


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meh... Dan Fante is an engaging storyteller which kept me reading right through to the end, but the story in itself did not appeal. More like journal entries with a rather abrupt ending... and now? Is there a second part? Doubt I would read it in any case.




Oct 21, 2018


Nicholas Gomez


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Love Dan's writing, but for some reason this was just not a story I cared to follow. Maybe the change of setting from L.A. to NY. Boring and not much to go on with this one. Skip ahead.
Love Dan's writing, but for some reason this was just not a story I cared to follow. Maybe the change of setting from L.A. to NY. Boring and not much to go on with this one. Skip ahead.
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Mar 19, 2019


Nic Schuck


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Enjoyed it. Fast and funny at times. Bukowski-esque, as others have already said. Ending left me a bit flat. Didn’t get the emotional payoff I was hoping for. But a fun, quick read.




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About the same amount of alcohol & even more struggling: Dan Fante is still going strong, but he's starting to repeat himself a little in part 3 of the Bruno Dante series.
About the same amount of alcohol & even more struggling: Dan Fante is still going strong, but he's starting to repeat himself a little in part 3 of the Bruno Dante series.
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Read the STOP SMILING interview with author Dan Fante Q&A: Dan Fante By Anthony Reynolds Novelist, playwright and poet Dan Fante is the second son of John Fante. He is well regarded in Europe and his novels include Mooch, Chump Change and Spitting off Tall Buildings Stop Smiling: As both a novelist and a screenwriter, what are the main similarities between the processes? And what are the major differences? Dan Fante: I don't mean to be overly unkind here, but screenwriting is a process quite unlike le
Read the STOP SMILING interview with author Dan Fante Q&A: Dan Fante By Anthony Reynolds Novelist, playwright and poet Dan Fante is the second son of John Fante. He is well regarded in Europe and his novels include Mooch, Chump Change and Spitting off Tall Buildings Stop Smiling: As both a novelist and a screenwriter, what are the main similarities between the processes? And what are the major differences? Dan Fante: I don't mean to be overly unkind here, but screenwriting is a process quite unlike legitimate prose. Screenwriters are the errand boys for producers and directors. The do what they are told to do: "Fix this. Make her tits bigger. Let's have her be a victim of incest." That kind of nonsense. Screenwriting is not writing. It is a collaborative process in which the so-called creative person becomes an underpaid, over-ruled typist. SS: What are your experiences with Hollywood? How close have you gotten to a script becoming a film? DF: My book Mooch will be a film this year or next. I wrote the screenplay. Thankfully, having written the original document, the book itself is our point of reference in writing the movie. But make no mistake, what I said above still holds sway, to at least some extent. SS: Have you met many in the business who are aware of the Fante name within the history of Hollywood? DF: Most people in Hollywood know the name John Fante. Of course they haven't read his stuff, they've just heard he was a good novelist. And, by having an option on one or more of his books, they might become rich. John Fante is a commodity — like fertilizer is a commodity. Read the complete interview...
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Aug 02, 2012


Andrea Mullarkey


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At the end of Chump Change I wondered if Fante would be able to keep up the pace for 3 more semi-autobiographical novels. I also wondered whether I could keep up if in fact he did. Now having read them in close succession I can say that he’s kept it interesting without wearing me out. Bruno Dante continues to be a serial juicer with a masochistic edge and a deep dislike of people. With women, his relationships (if they can be called that) are cruel and dehumanizing, almost as bad as the jobs he
At the end of Chump Change I wondered if Fante would be able to keep up the pace for 3 more semi-autobiographical novels. I also wondered whether I could keep up if in fact he did. Now having read them in close succession I can say that he’s kept it interesting without wearing me out. Bruno Dante continues to be a serial juicer with a masochistic edge and a deep dislike of people. With women, his relationships (if they can be called that) are cruel and dehumanizing, almost as bad as the jobs he takes to support his habits. As a boiler room salesman, taxi driver, movie usher, window washer, limo driver and working in other terrible jobs Bruno is in one bad situation after another. All the while he is trying to put his words on paper, scratching out poems in the cab or typing short stories in his motel room. The stories were hard to read, but the prose was direct and approachable. In the end I’d say reading these books is like having an eloquent tour guide to the dark side of a city you don’t care about: I don’t think I wanted to know more about these aspects of life, but I couldn’t resist Fante as a story teller.
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This book had a very familiar feel to it's writing style. Very obviously trying not to follow in the footsteps of his father, I felt like I was reading something pulled out of the mind of a less deranged, but equally drunk Charles Bukowski, which is incredibly appropriate as John Fante inspired Charles a great deal. The story itself was well thought out, cleverly strung together by what I would assume are several journal entries, or thoughts drunkenly scribbled on dirty wet bar napkins at the tai
This book had a very familiar feel to it's writing style. Very obviously trying not to follow in the footsteps of his father, I felt like I was reading something pulled out of the mind of a less deranged, but equally drunk Charles Bukowski, which is incredibly appropriate as John Fante inspired Charles a great deal. The story itself was well thought out, cleverly strung together by what I would assume are several journal entries, or thoughts drunkenly scribbled on dirty wet bar napkins at the tail end of an otherwise wasted night, probably spent drinking gut-rot wine and chasing filthy hookers. I will not spoil the story with details of it characters but I will say each one was so very carefully written out that I felt like I knew those exact people, that I passed them on the street at least once in my life. I will reveal that I have in fact encountered a Fat Murphy more than twice in my lifetime and will probably have to endure that hard-assed pretentious personality at least once more.
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Apr 20, 2010


Mike


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About fifteen years ago a friend gave me a book by John Fante and told me to read it. I opened the book and the words jumped off the page. The next day I went to the library and checked out every book I could find that was written by John Fante. Flash forward to 2010...Nostalgically haunting the stacks of the Portland Public Library, I notice another Fante in the F section (Remember Arturo Bandini: "make room for me boys, right here in the B's"). I was intrigued. By virtue of his pedigree, I gav
About fifteen years ago a friend gave me a book by John Fante and told me to read it. I opened the book and the words jumped off the page. The next day I went to the library and checked out every book I could find that was written by John Fante. Flash forward to 2010...Nostalgically haunting the stacks of the Portland Public Library, I notice another Fante in the F section (Remember Arturo Bandini: "make room for me boys, right here in the B's"). I was intrigued. By virtue of his pedigree, I gave Dan Fante a chance. Dan Fante writes with the same immediacy as his father, but he goes to much darker places. He's dived into the deepest Los Angeles cesspools, and somehow lived to tell the tale. That he's willing to do so with such honesty is to be commended. Humanity and heartbreak survive through the alcoholism and pain.
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Jun 23, 2012


Stephen Platt


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Seemed unfinished, like it ended mid-sentence. Was it a hurried end to get the book out, or just some high-brow literary nonsense? Fante (Father and Son), Bukowski, Raymond Carver, Thompson, Palahniuk, Neilan, Pollock, Ellis, O'Connor, et. al., if I may lump them together (and probably a few I left out) are sort of like authors of harlequins for men. Cause the characters are the tough guys men always wanted to be ... a thorough binge of testosterone, loveless anti-heroes, and literary licensure
Seemed unfinished, like it ended mid-sentence. Was it a hurried end to get the book out, or just some high-brow literary nonsense? Fante (Father and Son), Bukowski, Raymond Carver, Thompson, Palahniuk, Neilan, Pollock, Ellis, O'Connor, et. al., if I may lump them together (and probably a few I left out) are sort of like authors of harlequins for men. Cause the characters are the tough guys men always wanted to be ... a thorough binge of testosterone, loveless anti-heroes, and literary licensure describing the revolting and oftentimes humorous details of the feeling, drinking man. Complete guy-gasm stuff.
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Dec 03, 2013


Robert Fenner


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A very goofy book about author-avatar Bruno Dante who can't deal with the fact that he's homosexual/bi-curious, so he spits off of tall buildings and gets into fights.
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