Less : a novel / Andrew Sean Greer.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780349143590
- 813 GRE 23
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Fiction Collection | 813 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100645952 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
' You will sob little tears of joy ' Nell Zink
' I recommend it with my whole heart ' Ann Patchett
' This book is basically perfect ' Dolly Alderton
' Charming, languid and incredibly funny, I absolutely adored Arthur' Jenny Colgan
' Marvellously, endearingly, unexpectedly funny ' Gary Shteyngart
' I adore this book ' Armistead Maupin
' Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful ' New York Times Book Review
' A fast and rocketing read . . . a wonderful, wonderful book! ' Karen Joy Fowler
' Hilarious, and wise, and abundantly funny ' Adam Haslett
WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM YOUR PROBLEMS?
Arthur Less is a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the post: it is from an ex-boyfriend of nine years who is engaged to someone else. Arthur can't say yes - it would be too awkward; he can't say no - it would look like defeat. So, he begins to accept the invitations on his desk to half-baked literary events around the world.
From France to India, Germany to Japan, Arthur almost falls in love, almost falls to his death, and puts miles between him and the plight he refuses to face. Less is a novel about mishaps, misunderstandings and the depths of the human heart.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Andrew Sean Greer was born in Washington, D.C. on November 5, 1970. He received a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a master of fine arts degree from the University of Montana. His collections of stories, How It Was for Me, was published in 2000. His novels include The Path of Minor Planets, The Story of a Marriage, and The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells. The Confessions of Max Tivoli received the California Book Award and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award for an author under 35 and Less received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2018.(Bowker Author Biography)