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Poor Man’s Wealth  by Rod Usher

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February 2012, no. 338

Poor Man’s Wealth  by Rod Usher

Fourth Estate, $27.99 pb, 323 pp, 9780732294519

Poor Man’s Wealth  by Rod Usher

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February 2012, no. 338

Small towns, as anyone who has lived in one can attest, abound in colourful characters. Or is it just that people’s peccadilloes are magnified without the distractions of the madding crowd? Rod Usher knows a thing or two about small towns; he happens to live in one: the village of Barcarrota in Extremadura, Spain. After a long career in journalism – including stints as literary editor of The Age, chief subeditor of The Sunday Times in London, and as a senior writer for TIME magazine in Europe – he opted for the quiet life to concentrate on his literary career. He has published two books of poetry, Above Water (1985) and Smiling Treason (1992), two previous novels, A Man ofMarbles (1989) and Florid States (1990), and some non-fiction. Echoes of that work resound in the new book … but more of that later.

Phil Brown reviews 'Poor Man's Wealth' by Rod Usher

Poor Man’s Wealth 

by Rod Usher

Fourth Estate, $27.99 pb, 323 pp, 9780732294519

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