A review by samusiamus
The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter

5.0

Middle-aged poet with ill-timed sense of humour attempts to drag his family out of possible homelessness after quitting his job to start a business where he dispenses financial advice through poetry... it's hilarious and heart-warming. Loved it :) It was a nice travel companion during my trip to Europe and broke up the annoyances of airplane and train commuting very nicely. The rabbit-hole that our protagonist, Matt Prior, finds himself falling into is rather strange but his follies and successes are amusing. And all because of a late night milk run to 7-11.

I bought this book and Beautiful Ruins without realizing they were by the same author. I was just really drawn to the title of this one, and the story of the other. It wasn't until I had bought them and put them next to each other on my shelf that I noticed they were both Jess Walter.