The Financial Lives of the Poets

Jess Walter

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English

Penguin
24 September 2014

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A hilarious novel about one man's downturn . . . from the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins

Matthew Prior quit his job to set up a website which couldn't fail. Only now he's woken up to the biggest financial crisis since the Great Crash, and it has. He's got six days to save his house. It's hard to focus when your wife's having an online affair, but there are children to think about. So when he gets hold of some high-grade dope and begins selling it at a profit, he thinks this might just be his salvation.

A fabulously funny, heartfelt novel about how we can skate close to the edge of ruin - and pull back.

By: Jess Walter
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 214g
ISBN: 9780241969441
ISBN 10: 0241969441
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 24 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Financial Lives of the Poets

Brilliantly written. Great comic scenes and original one-liners The Times A beautifully laid-back exultation of the human connections that make life worth living Metro Ecstatically funny and unusually big-hearted Financial Times Brilliant - and brilliantly funny Esquire A deliciously antic tale of an American dream gone very sour ... sharp, wide-eyed, soulful Washington Post