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Synopsis
'A monument to crazy love. Magic' New York Times
'The actress arrived in his village the only way one could come directly . . .'
In spring 1962 American actress Dee Moray's boat motors into an Italian bay and the life of hotelier Pasquale Tursi. Dee - fleeing a film set, claiming to be dying and desperately awaiting her lover - throws herself on Pasquale's generous mercy. Fifty years later Pasquale lands in Hollywood, sporting a fedora and seeking a long-forgotten actress. Why he's come, what happened to Dee in Italy and, later, LA, are questions that Beautiful Ruins answers in the most surprising and wonderfully entertaining manner.
'Exhilarating. Very, very funny' The Times
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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 (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 is the author of six novels, including The Financial Lives of the Poets, published by Penguin. Beautiful Ruins was a New York Times bestseller. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0241986508
- ISBN 13 9780241986509
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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