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The Financial Lives of the Poets

From the author of the bestselling Beautiful Ruins comes The Financial Lives of Poets – a brilliantly funny novel about a man who, in an attempt to save himself, may destroy everything he loves. Meet Matt Prior. He`s about to lose his job, his house, his wife, and maybe his sanity too. Financial journalist Matt quit his job to set up a website which couldn`t fail. Only now he`s woken up to the biggest 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 with her childhood sweetheart, but there are children to think about…So when he gets hold of some high-grade dope and finds he can sell a piece on at a profit, he begins to think this might be his salvation. A fabulously funny, heartfelt novel about how we can skate close to the edge of ruin – and pull back. โ€A beautifully laid-back exultation of the human connections that make life worth livingโ€. (Metro). โ€Ecstatically funny and unusually big-heartedโ€. (Financial Times). โ€It made me laugh more than any other book I`ve read this yearโ€. (Nick Hornby).Jess Walter is the author of six novels, His latest novel, Beautiful Ruins, was a New York Times bestseller. Jess Walter lives in Spokane, Washington with his family.

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