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  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241969441
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00

The Financial Lives of the Poets




A hilarious novel about one man's downturn . . . from the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins

Matthew Prior quit his job to set up a website which couldn't fail. Only now he's woken up to the biggest financial crisis since the Great Crash, and it has. He's got six days to save his house. It's hard to focus when your wife's having an online affair, but there are children to think about. So when he gets hold of some high-grade dope and begins selling it at a profit, he thinks this might just be his salvation.

A fabulously funny, heartfelt novel about how we can skate close to the edge of ruin - and pull back.

  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241969441
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00

About the author

Jess Walter

Jess Walter has written four novels, most recently The Zero which was shortlisted for the National Book Award. He lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.

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