Fante Bukowski

This is a small book. It is also a comic. So I read it in one pass. Fante is a writer who is having problems getting published. He writes short stories that get rejected by publishers. He is also working on his first book.

Fante is not his real name. He changed his name to match a famous writer that inspired him. Fante's dad is a rich and successful businessman. Fante strives to be successful too in order to impress his dad. Unfortunately, Fante has a beg his mom for money each month.

Fante lives in a cheap motel. He tries to network with agents. But they only want to represent someone who is already published. Fante makes a friend at a bar. But his friend dies of seemingly old age. Fante also gets a girlfriend who is an author. Even she cannot hook him up with an agent.

Eventually Fante checks out of the hotel. He takes the advice given to him from his old deceased friend. He leaves the town to go somewhere he can breathe. Unfortunately he encounters a weirdo giving him a ride. Then he heads to the outdoors and is spooked by wildlife. It is a rough life.