…all that is left is Arthur Less and the stage. Like the first installment, Less is Lost is an episodic comedy-of-errors, and a few repeated elements (a pug, a camper van, a musical and mistaken identities) tie the stories from Arthur’s past and present together. However, it’s not quite happily-ever-after, and circumstances force Arthur to accept a series of literary gigs that send him zigzagging across America. When we meet Arthur in Less is Lost, he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy. In Less, Arthur (a mediocre novelist) traveled around the world to avoid his ex’s wedding. A sequel is always risky, right (particularly when the ending of the first book was perfection)? Thankfully, Greer gets it right and all of the things I loved about Arthur Less the first time, were there again (especially Arthur’s wonderfully bad German). Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer is the follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less.
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