Beautiful Ruins
$21.24
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2013
Summary
A gorgeous, glamorous novel set in 1960s Italy and a modern Hollywood studio - a New York Times bestseller
The story begins on the Italian coast in 1962. A young innkeeper watches in disbelief as a beautiful American girl gets out of a boat and climbs towards his hotel. She turns out to be an actress, on the run from the shenanigans going on down the coast in Rome at the filming of Cleopatra. A few days later, international star Richard Burton, much the worse for wea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780670922659 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 067092265X |
| Author: | Jess Walter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Viking |
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Critics Review
Just about the perfect summer read. It is intelligent and thought-provoking, but also a lot of fun. Reading hours fly by and reaching the final page feels like a genuine wrench
Just about the perfect summer read. It is intelligent and thought-provoking, but also a lot of fun. Reading hours fly by and reaching the final page feels like a genuine wrench * Sunday Times *
Ambitious, large-hearted, exhilarating novel that leaves you wanting more … Very, very funny * The Times *
Beautiful Ruins is a novel unlike any other you’re likely to read this year – Nick Hornby
Romantic, very funny…Turbo-charged satire meets a Garcia Marquezesque love story. What’s not to like? * Daily Mail *
Walter creates an epic here - one that took him 15 years to write. The end result, however, is well worth the wait * Observer *
A sparkling summer read * Telegraph *
Thoroughly enjoyable, a tender, funny, ridiculous tale which has love at its core and a keen satirical edge to cut through the lovely, lush romanticism * Sunday Express *
You’re going to love this book * New York Times Book Review *
A brilliant, madcap meditation on fate * Kirkus Reviews *
A novel shot in sparkly Technicolor * Booklist *
About The Author
Jess Walter
Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets and The Cold Millions. Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller, and We Live in Water was one of Barack Obama’s books of 2019. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.
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