Wait Until Spring, Bandini

This article is about the novel. For the film, see Wait Until Spring, Bandini (film).

Wait Until Spring, Bandini is a novel by American author John Fante. Released in 1938, it was his first published novel. The book is set in a small-town in Colorado and tells the story of the Bandini family during a winter in the Great Depression. It is the first book in the Bandini Quartet, a semi-autobiographical series of books about Arturo Bandini, the son of Italian immigrants to the United States.^[1][2] The novel was adapted into a 1989 film of the same name starring Joe Mantegna as Svevo Bandini, Ornella Muti as Maria Bandini, and Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Hildegarde.

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

Author	John Fante
Language	English
Series	Bandini Quartet
Genre	Roman à clef
Publisher	Stackpole Books
Publication date	1938 (1938)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Followed by	The Road to Los Angeles