Less A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 A Washington Post Top Ten Book of
2017 A San Francisco Chronicle Top Ten Book of 2017 Longlisted for the Andrew
Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Lambda Award and the California Book Award 'I
recommend it with my whole heart' ? Ann Patchett 'I could not love Less more' ?
Ron Charles, Washington Post Less is the story of a 49-year-old writer, Arthur
Less, who learns that his former boyfriend is about to get married. To avoid the
wedding and heartbreak, he decides to embark on a trip around the world,
accepting invitations to a series of half-baked lectures and literary events.
From almost falling in love in Paris, almost falling to death in Berlin, to
booking himself as the (only) writer on a residency in India, and an encounter
in a desert with the last person on earth he wishes to see, Less is a novel
about missteps, misunderstanding and mistakes. About the Author Andrew Sean
Greer is the bestselling author of five works of fiction, including The
Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named a best book of 2004 by the San
Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune. He is the recipient of the Northern
California Book Award, the California Book Award, the New York Public Library
Young Lions Award, the O Henry award for short fiction and fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Public Library. Greer lives in
San Francisco. He has travelled to all of the locations in this novel, but he is
only big in Italy.