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John Fante's slim 1939 novel Ask the Dust, one of four autobiographical novels about his surrogate, Arturo Bandini, has a childlike lyricism that recalls William Saroyan and Jack Kerouac.
Chicago Reader 2010
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John Fante's slim 1939 novel Ask the Dust, one of four autobiographical novels about his surrogate, Arturo Bandini, has a childlike lyricism that recalls William Saroyan and Jack Kerouac.
Chicago Reader 2010
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John Fante's slim 1939 novel Ask the Dust, one of four autobiographical novels about his surrogate, Arturo Bandini, has a childlike lyricism that recalls William Saroyan and Jack Kerouac.
Chicago Reader 2010
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John Fante's slim 1939 novel Ask the Dust, one of four autobiographical novels about his surrogate, Arturo Bandini, has a childlike lyricism that recalls William Saroyan and Jack Kerouac.
Chicago Reader 2009
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It all adds up to a long, long night of romantic twaddle, though the second act there are three of "Jerusalem," which bears a surprisingly close family resemblance to William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life," is actually pretty funny in places, and Mr. Rylance is swaggeringly good.
Their Lives of Loud Desperation Terry Teachout 2011
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The marvelous, often ironic writer William Saroyan is reported to have said on his deathbed: “I know everyone has to die, but somehow I always thought an exception would be made in my case.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The marvelous, often ironic writer William Saroyan is reported to have said on his deathbed: “I know everyone has to die, but somehow I always thought an exception would be made in my case.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The marvelous, often ironic writer William Saroyan is reported to have said on his deathbed: “I know everyone has to die, but somehow I always thought an exception would be made in my case.”
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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In 1981, five days before cancer killed him, the life-loving writer William Saroyan told the Associated Press: Everybody has to die, but I always believed an exception would be made in my case.
Raging Against Aging Henry Allen 2011
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And while it is true that few people read either Myles or Flann in O'Brien's lifetime, no Irish writer has inspired a classier cult following: Samuel Beckett, William H. Gass, James Joyce, William Saroyan and John Updike were just a few of its members.
Flann O'Brien: Tall Tales, Long Drink Allen Barra 2011
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