{"product_id":"beautiful-ruins-paperback","title":"Beautiful Ruins - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJess Walter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller--Jess Walter's \"absolute masterpiece\" (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author): the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and resurfaces fifty years later in contemporary Hollywood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Lives of the Poets \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with his funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet. Hailed by critics and loved by readers of literary and historical fiction, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962...and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment it opens--on a rocky patch of Italian coastline, circa 1962, when a daydreaming young innkeeper looks out over the water and spies a mysterious woman approaching him on a boat--Jess Walter's \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel. From the lavish set of \u003cem\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to the back lots of contemporary Hollywood, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is gloriously inventive and constantly surprising--a story of flawed yet fascinating people navigating the rocky shores of their lives while clinging to their improbable dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment it opens--on a rocky patch of Italian coastline, circa 1962, when a daydreaming young innkeeper looks out over the water and spies a mysterious woman approaching him on a boat--Jess Walter's \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel. From the lavish set of \u003cem\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to the back lots of contemporary Hollywood, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is gloriously inventive and constantly surprising--a story of flawed yet fascinating people navigating the rocky shores of their lives while clinging to their improbable dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.05 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378615054438,"sku":"9780061928178","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/n1dW8HHmMM9780061928178.webp?v=1768907368","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/beautiful-ruins-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}