A review by jamesdanielhorn
Wait Until Spring, Bandini by John Fante

4.0

A bittersweet novel full of style, John Fante’s debut, Wait Until Spring Bandini is a graceful portrait of an immigrant family’s struggle with poverty. It flitters between humor and melancholy without ever being trite. I enjoyed this book, but it is not plot heavy and may not appeal to everyone. There’s certainly some awful misogyny going on, and everyone is kind of rotten, but sometimes that just how life really is. It may not be Fante’s best work but is certainly fine entry point to this much under appreciated writer’s work and I would recommend it on its style alone.