Everybody loves a sequel! Join the Library and Loyalty Bookstores for a \;live\, in-person event with Andrew Sea n Greer and Clay Smith for the release of Less is Lost\, Greer's follow up to his Pulitzer Prize winning book Less. \;
\nBooks will be available for purchase from Loyalty Bookst ores during the event. \;
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\nABOUT THE BOOK
\nIn the follow-up to the &ldquo\;bedazzling\, bewitching\, and b e-wonderful&rdquo\; (New York Times​) \;best-selling and Pulitz er Prize-winning \;Less: A Novel\, the awkward and lovable Arthur Less returns in an unforgettable road trip across America.
\n&ldquo\;Go get lost somewhere\, it always does you good.&rdquo\;
\nFor Arthur L ess\, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished nov elist in a steady relationship with his partner\, Freddy Pelu. But nothing lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less r unning away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US.
\nLess roves across the &ldquo\;Mild Mild West\,&rdquo\; \;through \;the South and to his mid-Atlantic birthplace\, with an ever-changing posse of writerly characters and his trusty duo &ndash\; a human-like black pug\, D olly\, and a rusty camper van nicknamed Rosina. He grows a handlebar musta che\, ditches his signature gray suit\, and disguises himself in the boler o-and-cowboy-hat \;costume of a true &ldquo\;Unitedstatesian&rdquo\;.. . with varying levels of success\, as he continues to be mistaken for eith er a Dutchman\, the wrong writer\, or\, worst of all\, a &ldquo\;bad gay.& rdquo\;
\nWe cannot\, however\, escape ourselves&mdash\;even across deserts\, \;bayous\, \;and coastlines. \;From his estranged fa ther and strained relationship with Freddy\, to the reckoning he experienc es in confronting his privilege\, Arthur Less must eventually face his per sonal demons. With all of the irrepressible wit and musicality that made&n bsp\;Less \;a bestselling\, Pulitzer Prize-winning\, must-read breakou t book\, \;Less Is \;Lost \;is a profound and joyous novel abo ut the enigma of life in America\, the riddle of love\, and the stories we tell along the way.
\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR
\nAndrew Sea n Greer \;is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of six works o f fiction\, including the bestsellers The Confessions of Max Tivoli and Le ss. Greer has taught at a number of universities\, including the Iowa Writ ers Workshop\, been a TODAY show pick\, a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow\, a judge for the National Book Award\, and a winner of the California Book Award and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. H e is the recipient of a NEA grant\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He lives in San Francisco
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\nClay Smith \;is the li terary director at the Library of Congress. He&rsquo\;s the former literar y director of the Texas Book Festival and the San Antonio Book Festival an d the former editor-in-chief of Kirkus Reviews.
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