The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel (P.S.) - Tapa blanda

"A real find..the ultimate something-for-everyone-don't-skip-must-read." -- The Daily Beast

"One of the best American writers working today..It's a testament to this author's genius that I could not stop laughing even as he drives home some necessary truths. Walter has written a profound, and profoundly funny, book; this may well be the classic novel of our post-boom era." -- Ben Fountain, author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara

"A laugh out loud, desperately painful account of an economy and a marriage in meltdown." -- Nick Hornby, People Magazine

"Hilarious and timely.Walter grounds the story with moments of genuine feeling.bitter, funny and accurate.Jess Walter's buoyant voice is a fresh pleasure." -- New West

"An extremely funny novel.a very smart meditation on what's gone wrong with both the US economy and those of us who are expected to keep it running.cleverly designed and immensely entertaining." -- Christian Science Monitor

"In this cautionary tale of fiscal follies and collapse Walter delivers a comic and gut-wrenching fable for these impecunious times."--Kansas City Star

"Jess Walter is a brilliant writer, one of the freshest new voices in American literature."--Dallas Morning News

"The funniest way-we-live-now book of the year."--Time magazine

"[Walter is a] deft humorist and catastrophist. . . . dangerously astute."--Janet Maslin, New York Times

"Hilarious and timely...Walter grounds the story with moments of genuine feeling...bitter, funny and accurate...Jess Walter's buoyant voice is a fresh pleasure."--New West