My favorite quote from The Road to Los Angeles:

Our eyes met and she smiled, with a smile that said: go ahead and look if you like; there's nothing I can do about it, although I'd like to slap your face.

- John Fante, p. 13

Book I Read: 2012 Edition

• Raymond Chandler - Chandler Before Marlowe: Raymond Chandler's Early Prose and Poetry, 1908-1912
• Rob Sheffield - Talking to Girls about Duran Duran