Bob’s Book Blog

June 26, 2010

The Financial Lives of the Poets, by Jess Walter

Filed under: Uncategorized — bobcurtice @ 6:52 am

An immensely funny and sad book with lots of commentary on life, death, sex, crime, politics, and what have you. About a loser who gives up his job to create a web-site that combines financial news/advise with poetry. It doesn’t fly and he loses his house and possibly his wife.  The turns of phrase are great. Instead of his financial advisor, he calls him his ‘financial coroner’.  Enjoyable reading, with lots of laughs. Give it a B.

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