In his National Book Award finalist selection and 2007 Pacific Northwest Book Award-winning book, The Zero, Seattle author Jess Walter crafted a tale that rose to the top of a loosely united genre of post-9/11 inspired novels. In The Financial Lives of the Poets, Walter has entered the realm of what we might cleverly call “recession fiction.” For his part, Walter considers his latest book in a broader, timeless genre. Read “5 Novels About Losing Your Job,” from The Daily Beast, and see where the novel’s roots may lie with the likes of Bukowski and Bellow as much as Madoff and Fannie Mae.
The Financial Lives of the Poets is a Best of the Northwest featured title in the Holiday Books guide, brought to you by the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest.