Beautiful Fools
R Clifton Spargo
Category: Historical Fiction,
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.
Reviews
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'This is historical fiction at its best. Evocative, wistful, suffused with a sense of loss and longing' TLS
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'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
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'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
