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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2018

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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.

2018, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Winner

2019, Australian Book Industry Awards International Book of the Year, Long-listed

©2017 Andrew Sean Greer (P)2017 Little, Brown Book Group Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Funny Inspiring Witty Feel-Good

Critic reviews

"Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful." (New York Times)

"You will sob little tears of joy." (Nell Zink)

"A fast and rocketing read...a wonderful, wonderful book!" (Karen Joy Fowler)
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An extremely relatable story, tender and amusing well developed characters. Paints an incredibly vivid journey!

Incredible

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This works well as a story and kept me fully engaged throughout. Well written and well performed. I can understand its 4 star ratings because it will not appeal to everyone but I found it to be a clever little piece which understands aging without necessarily being about aging and yet being all about aging. Worth your time.

Really enjoyable

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Fun review of being 50 and the realization that some things change and have to go but lots of good stuff can stay

Gentle look in the mirror to see your soul at 59

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Great story interesting characters but had to abandon due to terrible sound quality where some words couldn't decipher at all

book good sound quality fuzzy as are half audible books now

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I think that being the Pulitzer Prize winner means that you go into this book with very high expectations but I am not sure that it lived up to the, probably, uninvited hype. Don't get me wrong its a nice story about a man named Arthur Less who travels the world to avoid dealing with his ex boyfriends wedding and meets strangers and friends along the way . It is well written, the characters enjoyable and a very good narrator, but I am not sure this book had the impact that I expected it to. Its a nice book, I'm afraid that is all I can say. I didn't laugh, I didn't cry, but I did listen to the whole book through and was left thinking 'yeah that was ok.'

A nice book - thats all I can say

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