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A review by spiderfelt
The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter
5.0
Listening to the audiobook version of this work, I was thoroughly enchanted by the author's word play. Some people build broccoli forests, Jess Walters builds towers of metaphors. I laughed out loud and then snorted a little more at the dialogue. When I discovered the production was narrated by the author, it made even more sense. He shifted rhythm, timing, cadence and attitude seamlessly, allowing the characters to be fully real.
I picked up this title after reading Beautiful Ruins earlier this summer, a title I wasn't fully expecting to enjoy. The authors phrasing so delighted me, I looked for something else, anything else that he'd written. When I discovered that Book-It Repertory Theater had adapted it for their literary brand of stage production, I knew it had to be good. My suspicions were confirmed: first rate.
I picked up this title after reading Beautiful Ruins earlier this summer, a title I wasn't fully expecting to enjoy. The authors phrasing so delighted me, I looked for something else, anything else that he'd written. When I discovered that Book-It Repertory Theater had adapted it for their literary brand of stage production, I knew it had to be good. My suspicions were confirmed: first rate.