Rich and Poor
La description
Who hasn’t, at one time or another, considered killing a billionaire? Rich and Poor is a novel of a man who washes dishes for a living and decides to kill a billionaire as a political act. It is literature as political theory and theory as pure literary pleasure—a spiralling, fast-paced parable of joyous, overly self-aware, mischievous class warfare.
Reviews
"As with Wren's previous work, Rich and Poor is art in resistance, a work that dares to remind us of our capacity for revolutionary love despite the prevailing economic system's structural violence." —Jade Colbert, The Globe and Mail
"The dream of a Marxist revolution is alive and well in Rich and Poor." —Dan Twerdochlib, The Winnipeg Review
"Wren's new novel, Rich and Poor, is more than a critique of capitalism and profit-obsessed society. It's a parable examining corporate culture - the way it makes us calculating, unscrupulous and ultimately disposable." —The Toronto Star
"Rich and Poor is a timely and well-considered story. There are plenty of surprising moments....as well as real insights into issues of wealth inequality that so often dominate the headlines." —Mark Sampson, Quill and Quire
"Rich and Poor is a populist parable for our polarized times." —Ian McGillis, Montreal Gazette
"Stoic yet provocative, Rich and Poor plunges the reader into a deep psychology of activism, politics, business, and how they all mesh together." —Largehearted Boy