{"product_id":"the-brotherhood-of-the-grape-9780876857267","title":"The Brotherhood of the Grape","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Molise, a 50 year old, successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his aging parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, brick laying father, Nick, though weak and alcoholic, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. His mother, though ill and devout to her Catholicism, still has the power to comfort and confuse her children. This is typical of Fante's novels, it's autobiographical, and brimming with love, death, violence and religion. Writing with great passion Fante powerfully hits home the damage family can wreck upon us all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFante, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJohn Fante began writing in 1929 and published his first short story in 1932. His first novel, \u003cem\u003eWait Until Spring\u003c\/em\u003e, Bandini, was published in 1938 and was the first of his Arturo Bandini series of novels, which also include \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Los Angeles\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAsk the Dust\u003c\/em\u003e. A prolific screenwriter, he was stricken with diabetes in 1955. Complications from the disease brought about his blindness in 1978 and, within two years, the amputation of both legs. He continued to write by dictation to his wife, Joyce, and published \u003cem\u003eDreams from Bunker Hill\u003c\/em\u003e, the final installment of the Arturo Bandini series, in 1982. He died on May 8, 1983, at the age of seventy-four.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647516643602,"sku":"9780876857267","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d986c43a-72b6-46c2-8917-ea98aba9c9c6.jpg?v=1734801406","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-brotherhood-of-the-grape-9780876857267","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}