Beautiful Ruins
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Author:WALTER Jess
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ISBN:9780241986509
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Publication Date:September 2019
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Pages:352
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Penguin Books
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Country of Publication:United Kingdom
Beautiful Ruins
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Author:WALTER Jess
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ISBN:9780241986509
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Publication Date:September 2019
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Pages:352
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Binding:Paperback
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Publisher:Penguin Books
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Country of Publication:United Kingdom
Description
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.
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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.