| Beautiful Ruins Contributor(s): Walter, Jess (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061928127 ISBN-13: 9780061928123 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $26.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Romance - Holiday |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011279056 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.43" W x 9.34" (1.12 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet: the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 . . . and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later. "Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece." --Richard Russo "A ridiculously talented writer." --New York Times |
Contributor Bio(s): Walter, Jess: - Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers Beautiful Ruins and The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, the winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction has appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. |