Agent: Lynn Nesbit, Janklow & Nesbit Assoc. Though a bit overboard at times, Greer packs in plenty of humor and some nicely poignant moments. After a cascading series of humorous mishaps, Less wonders if Freddy will leave him. Along the way, Less accidentally floods a commune, sleeps in a tepee, and rides a donkey down a canyon. Soon Less is off to do a profile of a famous sci-fi author, who has Less drive him and his pug in a camper van to Santa Fe, N.Mex., for an onstage interview. Less Is Lost Andrew Sean Greer 3.77 10,140 ratings1,427 reviews Want to read Buy on Amazon Rate this book In the follow-up to the bedazzling, bewitching, and be-wonderful (NYTBR) best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning Less: A Novel, the awkward and lovable Arthur Less returns in an unforgettable road trip across America. He assures Freddy he’ll make everything okay by paying it back with magazine articles and other literary gigs. But after the death of Less’s former lover, the poet Robert Brownburn, the estate hits him up for 10 years of back rent on Brownburn’s former house, where he now lives with Freddy. In Andrew Sean Greer’s 2017 novel Less, our titular hero a gay novelist of a certain age, with a handsome face, thinning hair and a roughly equal balance of success and obscurity. Freddy, who narrates the story and has lived with Less for nine blissful months in San Francisco, has recently taken a teaching sabbatical in Maine, where Less plans to join him. This time, he’s traveling across the U.S., hoping to raise money to salvage his home with partner Freddy Pelu. Greer follows up his Pulitzer-winning Less with another delightful road story featuring middle-aged writer Arthur Less.
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