{"product_id":"beautiful-ruins-9780061928178","title":"Beautiful Ruins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller--Jess Walter's \"absolute masterpiece\" (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author): the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and resurfaces fifty years later in contemporary Hollywood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Lives of the Poets \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with his funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet. Hailed by critics and loved by readers of literary and historical fiction, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962...and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter, Jess:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJess Walter is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Lives of the Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, the National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Zero\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCitizen Vince\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Nonrequired Reading\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50581661122834,"sku":"9780061928178","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_90dbd285-b176-4436-b1e8-d3167d5a8fed.jpg?v=1732016650","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beautiful-ruins-9780061928178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}