The Financial Lives of the Poets
Author: Jess Walter
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 small-time reporter Matt Prior, who’s losing his job, his wife, his house, and his mind—until, all of a sudden, he discovers a….Read More
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