In the midst of our recessionary times, it might be comforting to read these great novels about people losing their jobs. Novelist Jess Walter recommends his favorites, from Saul Bellow to Bukowski.
Jess Walter is the author of five novels—including The Financial Lives of the Poets, which was just released in paperback, and The Zero, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award—and one nonfiction book. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages and his essays, short fiction, criticism and journalism have been widely published in Details, Playboy, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe, among many others.