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


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