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Robert Petkoff
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Length
7 hours 43 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“In Less is Lost we follow author Arthur Less on a journey across the US. I found myself having to pause because I needed time to laugh! Often hilarious, sometimes sad, and always beautifully written. This is a perfect follow up to the Pulitzer Prize winning Less. I highly recommend it!”
— Anne • Cherry Street Books
Bookseller recommendation
“Sean Greer has done it again. In Less is Lost, Hapless Arthur Less leaves his lover, the narrator of Less's story, to set out across the country to complete jobs that are dubious at best. His attempts to interview a recalcitrant and iconic fantasy writer for a magazine article turns into a roadtrip in a tricked-out van with said author and his beloved dog. This trip morphs into attending performances of one of his short stories with grant money his literary doppelganger was supposed to have received. Throughout, Less's increasing doubts about the reality of his career, his childhood memories, and the stability of his relationship build to a hair-raising climax. Hilarious and surprisingly moving, this one promises to be the sleeper of late 2022. And the audiobook narrator is superb!”
— Kelly • Raven Book Store
Bookseller recommendation
“Laugh out loud as hapless, endearing Arthur Less once again encounters roadblocks to joy, this time in a cross-country trek told in an omniscient narration by his patient partner, Freddy. A sequel to his Pulitzer-winning Less, Andrew Sean Greer includes a pug named Dolly, an unreliable camper van, hilariously mangled German, and a poignant quest for Less' father. Listeners new to Arthur will enjoy his tale as much as those who met him in the first book.”
— Cheryl • Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza
Bookseller recommendation
“I loved Less, a modern take on PG Wodehouse, and this sequel (coming in a few months) is possibly even better! As our hero Arthur Less finds he is about to lose his home from back taxes, he sets off on a journey that will take him across America. He will come across a crazed theater group staging a musical version of his life story, a hippie commune and some dubious blueberries, a companionable Pug, a science fiction writer that may be America's Charles Dickens...and a plethora of delightful characters from the Midland. This is an affirmation of goodness in novel form, and it is hilarious, sweet, affectionate, and a balm to our country's more anger inducing state right now. The ending is absolutely perfect. I want more of Less! PS. The narrator of the audiobook is warm and wonderful, and the book remained hilarious and heart-warming.”
— William • An Unlikely Story
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.
“Go get lost somewhere, it always does you good.”
For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy Pelu. But nothing lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less running away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US.
Less roves across the “Mild Mild West,” through the South and to his mid-Atlantic birthplace, with an ever-changing posse of writerly characters and his trusty duo – a human-like black pug, Dolly, and a rusty camper van nicknamed Rosina. He grows a handlebar mustache, ditches his signature gray suit, and disguises himself in the bolero-and-cowboy-hat costume of a true “Unitedstatesian”... with varying levels of success, as he continues to be mistaken for either a Dutchman, the wrong writer, or, worst of all, a “bad gay.”
We cannot, however, escape ourselves—even across deserts, bayous, and coastlines. From his estranged father and strained relationship with Freddy, to the reckoning he experiences in confronting his privilege, Arthur Less must eventually face his personal demons. With all of the irrepressible wit and musicality that made Less a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning, must-read breakout book, Less Is Lost is a profound and joyous novel about the enigma of life in America, the riddle of love, and the stories we tell along the way.
Andrew Sean Greer is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of six works of fiction, including the bestsellers The Confessions of Max Tivoli and Less. Greer has taught at a number of universities, including the Iowa Writers Workshop, been a TODAY show pick, a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow, a judge for the National Book Award, and a winner of the California Book Award and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. He is the recipient of a NEA grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He lives in San Francisco.
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Reviews
"Does Andrew Greer think of himself as a comic novelist? Does a giraffe think of itself as a giraffe? Probably it doesn’t matter. This book, though, is wildly, painfully, funny. It sometimes hurts to read it."—David Sedaris, author of A Carnival of Snackery "It is a deep pleasure to return to the adventures of Arthur Less and his beloved Freddy. Greer is a brilliant storyteller as always, and the joyfulness of this book is a balm. I loved reading it.”—Madeline Miller, bestselling author of CIRCE PRAISE FOR LESS: "Less is the funniest, smartest and most humane novel I've read since Tom Rachman's 2010 debut, The Imperfectionists. . . . Greer writes sentences of arresting lyricism and beauty. His metaphors come at you like fireflies. . . . Andrew Sean Greer's Less is excellent company. It's no less than bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful."—Christopher Buckley, New York Times Book Review "Greer is an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy.... Brilliantly funny.... Greer's narration, so elegantly laced with wit, cradles the story of a man who loses everything: his lover, his suitcase, his beard, his dignity."—Ron Charles, Washington Post "Greer's novel is philosophical, poignant, funny and wise, filled with unexpected turns....Although Greer is gifted and subtle in comic moments, he's just as adept at ruminating on the deeper stuff. His protagonist grapples with aging, loneliness, creativity, grief, self-pity and more."—San Francisco Chronicle "I recommend it with my whole heart."—Ann Patchett "Marvelously, unexpectedly, endearingly funny. A love story focused on the erroneous belief that the second half of life will pale in comparison to the first. Guess what? It won't!"—Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success Expand reviews
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