The Financial Lives of the Poets
The Financial Lives of the Poets is the fifth novel by the American writer Jess Walter. It is a comedic novel first published in 2009. The novel explores the global financial crisis, through the eyes of a business reporter turned poet.[1]
Reception
Reception of the novel was generally positive.
The Washington Post was similarly positive, though focusing on how the humor and comedy critique the American economic system, as "a scathing indictment of our country's character and the "ruined systems" we labor under."[3] The Daily Telegraph review was more mixed, describing it as a "zeitgeist novel", humorously reflecting on the economic depression, yet at the same time flawed. "For every moment of acute description [...] there are paragraphs of slumping, banal analysis."[4]
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ "'The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel' by Jess Walter". Los Angeles Times. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ "The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2016.