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The Financial Lives of the Poets

Name: The Financial Lives of the Poets
ISBN: 9780061916045

Jess Walter

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 22, 2009

Reading lane: American Poetry

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Why This Clicks

Ruin, With a Pulse

A comic, heartfelt novel finds darkly playful energy at the edge of ruin.

Come here for

A wry take on losing nearly everything
Humor with a heartfelt streak

Expect

A sustained novel about edging toward ruin
A glimmer of possibility in the chaos

Book Details

Authors: Jess Walter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 22, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: American Poetry · Poetry About Death
Reading lane: American Poetry

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Literary Fiction
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Family Life
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About This Book

The Financial Lives of the Poets is a comic and heartfelt novel from National Book Award nominee Jess Walter, author of Citizen Vince and The Zero , about how we get to the edge of ruin—and how we begin to make our way back. Walter tells the story of Matt Prior, who’s losing his job, his wife, his house, and his mind—until, all of a sudden, he discovers a way that he might just possibly be able to save it all . . . and have a pretty damn great time doing it.