Ask the Dust

…followed by his best-known book, Ask the Dust (1939), the first of his novels set in Depression-era California. Other books included the story collection Dago Red (1940) and the novels Full of Life (1952) and Brotherhood of the Grape (1977). He also wrote numerous screenplays, including Creature from the Black…

…Dust (2006), based on the novel by John Fante; Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) alongside Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson; and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009).