The Financial Lives of the Poets - Jess Walter

60%
03.01.14

I wasn't planning on reading another Jess Walter book so soon after Beautiful Ruins but, since my friendly librarian found this for me, how could I resist? This was quite different, simpler, though just as cleverly constructed. It's reasonably funny and incisive but, I suspect, won't be memorable.

Beautiful Ruins - Jess Walter

70%
11.10.13

With its flashbacking plot, and numerous narrative styles, stories and voices, this could have been a disaster. But, although it did strain at the seams at times, the quality of the writing saved it from, well, ruin, and made it a good, meaty read. Thanks to my librarian friend Andrew for recommending it. Fabulous cover, too.