Bibliograph

Rich and poor, Jacob Wren

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Rich and poor, Jacob Wren

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Rich and poor

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jacob Wren

Summary

Who hasn't, at one time or another, considered killing a billionaire? Following on the critical success of his novel Polyamorous Love Song (BookThug, 2014; finalist for the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and one of The Globe and Mail's 100 best books of 2014), Canadian writer and performer Jacob Wren picks up the mantle of the politically and economically disenfranchised in Rich and Poor-the story of a middle-class, immigrant pianist who has fallen on hard times, and now finds himself washing dishes to make ends meet. Wren capably balances personal reflections with real-time political events, as his protagonist awakens to the possibility of a solution to his troubles and begins to formulate a plan of attack, in which the only answer is to get rid of "the 1%."

Target audience

adult

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