The Financial Lives of the Poets
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 22, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A comic, heartfelt novel finds darkly playful energy at the edge of ruin.
- Themes
- Financial hardship, Recovery after ruin
- Genres
- Satire, Funny Fiction, Literary Fiction
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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.
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
Where it sits
| Satire | 44% |
|---|---|
| Funny Fiction | 42% |
| Literary Fiction | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Women's Fiction
- Family Life
- Marriage & Divorce
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- Sibling Stories
- Satire
- Holiday Fiction
- Dark Humor
- Authors
- Jess Walter
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 22, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Financial hardship · Recovery after ruin
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction