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Less is a 2017 comic novel by American writer Andrew Sean Greer. Its protagonist, Arthur Less, is a middle-aged gay novelist who accepts literary invitations around the world while trying to avoid attending his former partner's wedding. The book uses a picaresque travel structure to explore professional disappointment, aging, romantic attachment, and self-understanding, and it received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2018.

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What is Andrew Sean Greer's novel Less about?

Less follows Arthur Less, a middle-aged gay novelist who travels internationally to avoid attending his former partner's wedding. Its picaresque structure moves through literary invitations, awkward encounters, and changing locations.

When was Less published?

Less was published in 2017 by American writer Andrew Sean Greer. The novel later won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Who is Arthur Less trying to avoid in the novel?

Arthur Less is trying to avoid the wedding of his former partner, Freddie Pelu. That personal crisis motivates the international travel that forms the book's episodic plot.

Does Less have a sequel?

Yes, Andrew Sean Greer followed it with Less Is Lost, published in 2022. The sequel returns to Arthur Less and continues the comic literary-travel premise in a new journey.

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