More informationDave Eggers, the successful writer who does not want to sell on Amazon: "Spain is the most evolved society in the world" I do what I want and my agent gets angry." And I thought, well, winning the Pulitzer, doesn't that mean you can write whatever you want? I said to myself: 'Well, to the baton. "I was writing little things that I knew weren't going anywhere. After reading it, he issued a judgment on the other hand very literary laureate: "This is very bad." What he wanted, he finally admitted, was to return to Less, his previous novel, the fifth, a lyrical, pessimistic and plethoric work, about writing and growing old and being a gay man as he is. One afternoon in 2019, writer Sean Greer (Washington DC, 52 years old) sat down with the manuscript, of about 150 pages, of what was to be his new work after the award, about a car trip through the United States. The agent denies having opposed continuing that best-selling novel ("but he said it!" insists Greer), although the question is rather whether he ever had a choice.
With all of the irrepressible wit and musicality that made Less a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning, must-read breakout book, Less Is Lost is a profound and joyous novel about the enigma of life, the riddle of love, and the stories we tell along the way."When I won the Pulitzer, my agent told me: 'Now don't even think about doing a second part,'" recalls Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer winner for Less (2017) and, now, of the second part Less is lost. From his estranged father and strained relationship with Freddy, to the reckoning he experiences in confronting his privilege, Arthur Less must eventually face his personal demons.
We cannot, however, escape ourselves – even across deserts, bayous, and coastlines. He grows a handlebar mustache, ditches his signature gray suit, and disguises himself in the bolero-and-cowboy-hat costume of a true ‘Unitedstatesian’… with varying levels of success, as he continues to be mistaken for either a Dutchman, the wrong writer, or, worst of all, a ‘bad gay’. Less roves across the ‘Mild Mild West’, through the South and to his mid-Atlantic birthplace, with an ever-changing posse of writerly characters and his trusty duo – a human-like black pug, Dolly, and a rusty camper van nicknamed Rosina. But nothing lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less running away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US. For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy Pelu.
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