The Bandini QuartetThis quartet of novels tells of Fante's fictional alter ego Bandini, an impoverished young Italian American escaping his suffocating home in Colorado for Depression era Los Angeles. In the beginning, it is the triple weights of poverty, father, and Church that Bandini struggles under. However, though the physical escape is complete, the psychological imprint continues as he comes to terms with love, desire, and the knowledge that his talent may not be