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Beautiful Fools

ISBN 9780715647462 Published 22 May 2014
£8.99

Beautiful Fools reimagines the relationship between F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald; a lyrical portrayal of an intense romance that ultimately destroyed them. Their standing as one of America's most debonair couples is tarnished by alcoholism, debt and Zelda's increasing instability. But they endure, both unaware that Scott's sudden death will soon end their love story once and for all. Spargo gives us a touching vision of the Fitzgeralds' marriage and the man who penned The Great Gatsby.

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Book details
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780715647462
Published
22 May 2014
Pages
368
Dimensions
139 x 204 mm
Genre
Historical Fiction
Imprint
Duckworth

Reviews

'This is historical fiction at its best. Evocative, wistful, suffused with a sense of loss and longing' 

TLS

'A work of genuine literary talent Spargos characters transcend reality and become rich and fictional, and the novel, in the forms paradoxical brilliance speaks truth through invention. Spargo's Fitzgeralds come alive' 

Spectator

'Beautiful Fools is a poignant, heart-wrenching, and tender portrayal of a couple who desperately try to hang on to a doomed love' 

Historical Novel Reviews

About the author

R Clifton Spargo

R Clifton Spargo

R. Clifton Spargo has won Glimmer Trains Award for New Writers as well as their Fiction Open Contest. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University and has taught creative writing at numerous universities. He writes for the Huffington Post.

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