Title: Less
Author: Andrew Sean Greer
Published: 2017
Call #: FIC GREER
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Looking for a way to get around the world while safely resting in your living room? Join Less in this adventure born out of an effort to avoid an especially awkward wedding invitation. Arthur Less is a mediocre novelist, but has been in with the big leagues, one in particular, poet Robert Brownburn. Despite one minorly popular novel, Less rather became known by association. He has often been questioned, “How did it feel to have been in the presence of a genius?” These realities often bring desperate literary conference invitations his way. This year he decided to say yes to every single one.
Though at its root, this Pulitzer Prize winner is a story about a traveling writer, it is also a story about adultery, artistry, and absurdity. Follow the underdog on this witty and somewhat uncomfortable trip from Mexico to Berlin and beyond. See how Greer uses this modest and aware protagonist to show that turning 50 isn’t all bad. We see how often parallels present themselves and we must either grow from that realization or run. Less does both.
