Beautiful Ruins

Beautiful Ruins tells the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and resurfaces fifty years later in Hollywood. It moves from the lavish set of Cleopatra to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to the back lots of contemporary Hollywood.

This is a dazzling, yet deeply human roller coaster of a novel. Beautiful Ruins 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.

Endorsements

The best novel of the year. — Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air

Absolute masterpiece. — Richard Russo

A #1 New York Times bestseller.