Crunch Lit

The financial crisis of 2008 quickly gave rise to a growing body of fiction: Crunch Lit. These 'recession writings' take the financial crisis as their central narrative concern and explore its effects on consumer culture gender roles and contemporary communities. Examining a range of texts including Sebastian Faulks' <i>A Week in December</i> Adam Haslett's <i>Union Atlantic</i> and John Lanchester's <i>Capital</i> this book offers the first wide-ranging guide to these new millennial writings.