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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...

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Main Author: Walter, Jess, 1965-
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Language:English
Published: 2009.
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Failure (Psychology) > Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
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Summary: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.
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ISBN:9780061965913
Author Notes:Jess Walter was born on July 20, 1965. He graduated from Eastern Washington University. Before becoming an author, he worked as a journalist. His work has appeared in Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. He has written one nonfiction book and several novels. His works include Every Knee Shall Bow, Over Tumbled Graves, The Zero, and Beautiful Ruins. His novel, Citizen Vince, won the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel. He was the co-author of Christopher Darden's 1996 bestseller In Contempt.

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