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FAVORITE SITES:
The Halli Casser-Jayne Show
The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society
BEAUTIFUL FOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORES AND ONLINE!
“This is historical fiction at its best, imaginatively filling the gaps and bringing us intimately into a portrait of marriage.” –Times Literary Supplement
An unforgettable novel that imagines the missing, final chapter in the tragic romance of one of America’s great literary couples.
Beautiful Fools is the story of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald’s last trip together to save their passionate but ill-fated marriage. Fighting the demons of alcoholism, mental illness, and failed artistic ambition, but remaining intensely loyal to one another, Zelda and Scott are a heartbreaking testament to the limitlessness of hope.
A love story for the most unyielding of romantics.
NOW ALSO IN PAPERBACK, MAY 2014
January 2015: Beautiful Fools Featured in USA Today
January 2015: More on Beautiful Fools in USA Today
R. Clifton Spargo Appearing at Wisconsin Lutheran College on October 17th at 3:30 PM, Center for Arts and Performance, Reichel Lecture Hall (FM15) Free! Open to Students, Faculty and Staff
R. Clifton Spargo Appearing at the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum’s Annual Gala on May 3, 2014, from 6:00-10:00 p.m.
R. Clifton Spargo will be the featured author at the Association of Marquette University Women’s Spring Book Club discussion on Wednesday, May 7th
R. Clifton Spargo at the Innisfree Bookstore & Cafe
Boulder, Colorado, April 18, 7:00 PM
R. Clifton Spargo reviews Careless People by Sarah Churchwell
R. Clifton Spargo Interviewed on WorldCanvass
R. Clifton Spargo featured on the Halli Casser-Jayne Show
“The Lives and Times of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald,” January 2014
Listen to the Podcast.
R. Clifton Spargo in The Atlantic – on Gatsby and Beautiful Fools
“The work of a genuine literary talent”: Beautiful Fools reviewed in The Spectator
“Fitzgeraldian Wistfulness”: Beautiful Fools reviewed in The New Yorker
Beautiful Fools featured in The Wall Street Journal
R. Clifton Spargo interviewed on “The Real Mrs. Fitzgerald”
in the London Sunday Times
The Reluctant Irishman: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Me:
R. Clifton Spargo Interviewed in Newcity
Beautiful Fools reviewed in The Washington Post
Beautiful Fools reviewed in The Boston Globe
Beautiful Fools featured in The Chicago Tribune
