Hollywood, the Coast of Italy, the Donner Pass, the Pacific Northwest, are just some of the settings that combine to make Beautiful Ruins a completely pleasurable summer read. Jess Walter reveals that pleasure has its underside and the book's design contrasts the real with the ideal, the beautiful with the ruined.
Jess Walter: Beautiful Ruins
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