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Beautiful Ruins: A Novel

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30 Ratings

3.8

Duration
12H 53min
Language
English
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Lyric & Poetry

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

© 2012 Harper (Audiobook): 9780062201621

Release date

Audiobook: June 12, 2012

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