Imprint: Penguin
Published: 06/06/2019
ISBN: 9780241986509
Length: 352 Pages
Dimensions: 180mm x 22mm x 113mm
Weight: 194g
RRP: £8.99
'A monument to crazy love. Magic' New York Times
'The actress arrived in his village the only way one could come directly . . .'
In spring 1962 American actress Dee Moray's boat motors into an Italian bay and the life of hotelier Pasquale Tursi. Dee - fleeing a film set, claiming to be dying and desperately awaiting her lover - throws herself on Pasquale's generous mercy. Fifty years later Pasquale lands in Hollywood, sporting a fedora and seeking a long-forgotten actress. Why he's come, what happened to Dee in Italy and, later, LA, are questions that Beautiful Ruins answers in the most surprising and wonderfully entertaining manner.
'Exhilarating. Very, very funny' The Times
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 06/06/2019
ISBN: 9780241986509
Length: 352 Pages
Dimensions: 180mm x 22mm x 113mm
Weight: 194g
RRP: £8.99
Just about the perfect summer read. It is intelligent and thought-provoking, but also a lot of fun. Reading hours fly by and reaching the final page feels like a genuine wrench
Ambitious, large-hearted, exhilarating novel that leaves you wanting more . . . Very, very funny
Beautiful Ruins is a novel unlike any other you're likely to read this year
Romantic, very funny...Turbo-charged satire meets a Garcia Marquezesque love story. What's not to like?
Walter creates an epic here - one that took him 15 years to write. The end result, however, is well worth the wait
A sparkling summer read
Thoroughly enjoyable, a tender, funny, ridiculous tale which has love at its core and a keen satirical edge to cut through the lovely, lush romanticism
You're going to love this book
A brilliant, madcap meditation on fate
A novel shot in sparkly Technicolor