[1976]. An 8-page author questionnaire filled out by Fante prior to the publication of his 1977 novel The Brotherhood of the Grape. Fante gives basic information such as address, place and date of birth, marital status, education, previous employment ("screenwriter off and on since 1940"), and previous books published. He states he has worked on this book for two years, and he lists his hobbies as "golf." He has scrawled "no" or "I don't know" for a handful of answers, including "How did the idea originate?" Under "special markets," he has written "universal." He specifies that advance galleys should be sent to Nelson Algren, Herb Caen, Ray Bradbury, Pauline Kael, Irving Wallace, Frank Gilroy, and Carey McWilliams. The questionnaire has been "signed" by Fante (as in, he has twice printed his own name). Previously folded in half; several small notations by the publisher (including math over his birth year to determine his age as 67). Near fine. Fante published three novels from 1938-40, another in 1952, and then this one, 25 years later. After The Brotherhood of the Grape was published, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press reissued Fante's earlier books, one of them with a Charles Bukowski introduction, giving his literary career a a long-awaited second wind. [#036693] SOLD