The Financial Lives of the Poets
Author: Walter, Jess
ISBN: 9780241969441
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 24 Sep 2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9780241969441
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 24 Sep 2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
