Ten Favorite Novels About Poverty in Collision With Wealth
(alphabetically by author)
Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze
What a Carve Up! [U.S. Title: The Winshaw Legacy] by Jonathan Coe
The Colors of Infamy by Albert Cossery
The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts by Louis de Bernières
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Invisibility Cloak by Ge Fei
Howards End by E. M. Forster
Luster by Raven Leilani
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
— January 22, 2022