Chump Change

When he finds out his father is in a coma, aspiring writer and part-time drunk Bruno Dante, fresh from the nuthouse, must head to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion in Dan Fantes Chump Change. Now back in print to coincide with the publication of his new novel, 86d, Chump Change follows Bruno through the tension and stress of facing his familyand the inevitable, pain-dulling drinking that lands him naked in a stolen car with an underage hooker whose pimp has stolen his wallet. Chump Change is an honest misfits view of America far too few know. (John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenants Woman).