''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' is a novel by American author

John Fante John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel ''Ask the Dust'' (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depre ...

. Released in 1938, it was his first published novel; ''

The Road to Los Angeles ''The Road to Los Angeles'' is a novel by the American writer John Fante. It was written in 1936, but was published posthumously in 1985 by Black Sparrow Press. The novel is one of four featuring Fante's alter ego Arturo Bandini. In the Bandini ch ...

'', written in 1936, was discovered after Fante has died and was released posthumously in 1985. The book is set in a small-town in Colorado and tells the story of the Bandini family during a winter in the

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...

. It is the first book in the ''Bandini Quartet'', a semi-autobiographical series of books about Arturo Bandini, the son of Italian immigrants to the United States. The novel was adapted into a 1989 film of the same name starring Joe Mantegna as Svevo Bandini,

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as Maria Bandini, and Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Hildegarde.

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