{"product_id":"chump-change-a-novel-isbn-9780061779244","title":"Chump Change: A Novel","description":"When he finds out his father is in a coma, aspiring writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante, fresh from the nuthouse, must head to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion in Dan Fante’s \u003cem\u003eChump Change\u003c\/em\u003e. Now back in print to coincide with the publication of his new novel, \u003cem\u003e86’d, Chump Change\u003c\/em\u003e follows Bruno through the tension and stress of facing his family—and the inevitable, pain-dulling drinking that lands him naked in a stolen car with an underage hooker whose pimp has stolen his wallet. \u003cem\u003eChump Change\u003c\/em\u003e is “an honest misfit’s view of America far too few know.” (John Fowles, author of \u003cem\u003eThe French Lieutenant’s Woman\u003c\/em\u003e). | \u003cp\u003eA blackout brought on by a Mad Dog binge that ended with a self-inflicted steak knife wound bought Bruno Dante another stint in the nuthouse, no different from all the rest. Now it's done, and his wife, Agnes—taking time off from her personal-trainer lover—has come to pick Bruno up and to deliver a message from the West Coast: his screenwriter father is in the hospital in a coma and is not expected to live. So Bruno heads back to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion, where the tension and stress force him to dull the pain the only way he knows how—with alcohol. And when he wakes up naked in a stolen car with an underage hooker whose pimp has stolen his wallet, Bruno realizes the trip has just begun.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Don’t miss \u003ci\u003eChump Change\u003c\/i\u003e. It is passionate, obscene, and quite wonderful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not a word comes out that one would correct . . . it is sublime.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGérard Guégan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is refreshing to find a novel that is fresh, original and distinctive. Dan Fante has a remarkably clean eye for detail and an astonishing ability to keep his narrative moving along in all senses . . . emotionally gripping. No one who reads it will ever forget the experience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJay Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bruised and corrosive and utterly compelling, \u003ci\u003eChump Change\u003c\/i\u003e aches with Fante’s sizzled wisdom, haggard philosophy and low-life compassion. It’s a desperate yet desperately humane book. This is Soul Fiction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Sampson, Author of Awaydays and Powder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Fantes, father and son, have been a major new discovery for me in these last few years. I can’t think of the West Coast without them. I first read Dan’s \u003ci\u003eChump Change\u003c\/i\u003e in French . . . and I know why the French like this book and its quirky angers. It gives an honest misfit’s view of America far too few know.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Fowles, Author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887914053861,"sku":"NP9780061779244","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061779244.jpg?v=1730227722","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/chump-change-a-novel-isbn-9780061779244","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}