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.
“Go get lost somewhere, it always does you good.”įor Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy Pelu. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. You may request to have your book transferred to our Ravenna or Seward Park neighborhood stores.Ĭopies of Less is Lost and other books by Andrew Sean Greer will be available for purchase at the store. If you purchase a book-bundled ticket but are unable to attend the event, your book will be placed on hold at our Lake Forest Park store.Pre-order of the book will not grant you access to the event. Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite.All tickets come with a copy of the event's featured book. Here's what you need to know before you purchase your ticket: Purchase tickets with Third Place Books here. You'd think that demonstration of love would be enough, but Less is a chronically uncertain person, prone to what Freddy, who acts as our occasional narrator, calls a "clumsiness of the heart." The death here of Less' first love, the famous poet Robert Brownburn, only deepens Less's uncertainty, since it turns out that Less owes a decade of back rent on the San Francisco bungalow he's been living in that was owned by Brownburn.Hugo House is pleased to partner with Third Place Books to welcome Andrew Sean Greer-whose 2018 novel Less was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction -to the Third Place Books stage at Lake Forest Park! Greer will be discussing his latest novel, Less Is Lost, in which the awkward and lovable Arthur Less returns for an unforgettable road trip across America. Less is Lost picks up with Arthur Less now living with that aforementioned partner, Freddy Pelu, who left his new husband to return to Less. Naturally, when news of a sequel to Less was announced, more dismissive shrugging ensued, as though no one remembered acclaimed sequels written by the likes of John Updike, Philip Roth and Hilary Mantel. After all, the Pulitzer is usually awarded to a novel that's not as much fun to read as Less was.Ī satire of the pretensions of the literary world, Less chronicled the efforts of its hero - the white, gay, American, minor writer, Arthur Less - to outrun his impending 50th birthday and the wedding of his former partner by accepting every invitation to every literary conference, junket, writer's retreat and festival that came his way. Why do we underrate comedy when we need it so badly? When Andrew Sean Greer's novel Less won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 there was a dismissive shrug on the part of some critics.
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