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


Author: Jess Walter
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Published: 06/12/2012
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.43w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780061928123


Award: 2013 Indies Choice Book Awards Honor Book - Fiction


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 68
Publishers Weekly 02/27/2012 pg. 57
Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 75
Publishers Weekly 05/14/2012
Booklist 05/15/2012 pg. 15
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2012
Entertainment Weekly 06/15/2012 pg. 86
Shelf Awareness 06/19/2012
New York Times Book Review 07/08/2012 pg. 15
New York Times Book Review 07/15/2012 pg. 26
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 28
Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2012 pg. 41
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 24
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2012 pg. 25
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2013 pg. 8
BookPage 06/01/2012

About the Author
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.