Short Dog: Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets

Name: Short Dog: Cab Driver Stories from the L.A. Streets
Brand: Black Sparrow Press
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By Dan Fante

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"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"--

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 128
Release Date:: 2021-07-13
Publication Date:: 2021-07-13
Publisher:: Black Sparrow Press
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1574232495
Weight:: 200 g
Height:: 22.2 cm
Width:: 14.6 cm
Thickness:: 1.2 cm

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