{"product_id":"the-financial-lives-of-the-poets-a-novel-isbn-9780061916052","title":"The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Darkly funny, surprisingly tender . . . witheringly dead-on.” — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed one of the year’s best novels by: \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e • \u003cem\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/em\u003e • \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e • \u003cem\u003eNPR\/Fresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e • \u003cem\u003eNew West\u003c\/em\u003e • \u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e • \u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA comic and heartfelt novel from the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins and Cold Millions\u003c\/em\u003e about how we get to the edge of ruin—and how we begin to make our way back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when small-time reporter Matthew Prior quits his job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore long, he wakes up to find himself jobless, hobbled with debt, spying on his wife's online flirtation, and six days away from losing his home. . . . Until, one night on a desperate two a.m. run to 7-Eleven, he falls in with some local stoners, and they end up hatching the biggest—and most misbegotten—plan yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhat happens when small-time reporter Matthew Prior quits his job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore long, he wakes up to find himself jobless, hobbled with debt, spying on his wife's online flirtation, and six days away from losing his home. . . . Until, one night on a desperate two a.m. run to 7-Eleven, he falls in with some local stoners, and they end up hatching the biggest—and most misbegotten—plan yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover of this paperback edition comes in three different colors: green, blue, and orange.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A real find….the ultimate something-for-everyone-don’t-skip-must-read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Nelson, The Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“National Book Award-finalist Walter does for the nation’s bleak financial landscape what he did for 9-11 in \u003ci\u003eThe Zero\u003c\/i\u003e: whip-smart satire with heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Walter is one of my favorite young American writers. . . . [Financial Lives] made me laugh more than any other book published this year.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick Hornby, Parade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cynical yet warm, this novel about a financial reporter (with a failing website written entirely in blank verse) is a delight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Outstanding. Riveting. Never sacrifices action for emotional impact.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A refreshing reminder that fiction remains a relevant, vital way to understand ourselves.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian (Portland)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jess Walter is a brilliant writer, one of the freshest new voices in American literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Walter is a] deft humorist and catastrophist. . . . dangerously astute.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Maslin, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] superb farce.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Darkly funny, surprisingly tender . . . witheringly dead-on.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Would be so sad if it weren’t so funny, and so funny if it weren’t so sad. . . . Compassionate, witty and drawn from today’s heartless world, it’s a terrific book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArizona Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An extremely funny novel…a very smart meditation on what’s gone wrong with both the US economy and those of us who are expected to keep it running…cleverly designed and immensely entertaining.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this cautionary tale of fiscal follies and collapse Walter delivers a comic and gut-wrenching fable for these impecunious times.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Walter’s \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Lives of the Poets\u003c\/em\u003e is gasp out loud funny. It’s also sufficiently true to life that you’re grateful it’s not your life. Middle-class mayhem is just the best, at least in Walter’s hands.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The novel has warmth, and its protagonist emerges as a bourgeois Everyman of the downturn.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jess Walter’s \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Lives of the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic, graceful parable of marriage and money troubles in which a well-meaning family man makes decisions that are seriously stupid—and entertaining and American.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Vowell, author of Assassination Vacation and The Wordy Shipmates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the best American writers working today.…It’s a testament to this author’s genius that I could not stop laughing even as he drives home some necessary truths. 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