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 Fante’s *Chump Change*. Now back in print to coincide with the publication of his new novel, *86’d, Chump Change* follows Bruno through the tension and stress of facing his family—and 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 misfit’s view of America far too few know.” (John Fowles, author of *The French Lieutenant’s Woman* ).