Beautiful Ruins: A Novel

Jess Walter

Jun 2012 · Harper · Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

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12 hr 53 min

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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

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5.0

3 reviews

Mark Tseytlin

November 28, 2024

Romantic, nostalgic, intense, wise. It's about facing yourself and your own past, and finding your way to make peace with the world.

Rose Mary Massaro

December 7, 2022

This was a wonderful story. Being of Italian heritage it struck a cod with me and made me want to go to Italy to explore. I listened to the book rather than read it and the reader with the Italian accent made it even more interesting. A beautiful story.

About the author

Jess Walter is the bestselling author of eight novels, including The Cold Millions the National Book Award Finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award. His short fiction, collected in The Angel of Rome and We Live in Water, has won the O. Henry Prize and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories.

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