The Financial Lives of Poets by Jess Walter

Loved Beautiful Ruins  so picked this up and was not disappointed. It's a very different book from Beautiful Ruins. Much funnier and sarcastic and cynical.

This novel tells a story of a small town financial journalist who has quit his job and is on the verge of bankruptcy. His marriage is failing (he suspects his wife is fooling around with an old flame) and he is logging into her social media accounts to spy on her.  He had this idea to develop a website, poetfolio.com, that combines free verse with financial journalism. The book starts off with some free verse and every chapter begins that way. Some entire chapters are in free verse. A very interesting concept.
Walter is a very talented and funny author. I found myself marveling at his imagery, metaphors and clever writing. 
The story started to wear on me, however, and I did figure out how it would end.
But I will continue to explore Walters' books. He is a real talent.