Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Back in the day, I had a dream that I would excel at CBR Bingo. I did get one bingo, but alas, that was all I could muster in the timeframe. Even though I didn’t blow the doors off the competition, I thoroughly enjoyed planning and plotting my bingo card and thus I’ve decided to read a few more on the ol’ bingo card, even though it only “counts” to me, as it were. I believe I was going to use Less for Rainbow Flag […]
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
I saw that Less won the Pulitzer Prize and was available at my library so I checked it out. The award is the ONLY thing I knew about the book when I began reading it. Less is about Andrew Less, a writer about to turn fifty and going through some sort of mid-life crisis. His younger, on again/off again boyfriend is getting married and his book is rejected by his publisher. He uses the opportunity to accept offers that he has to travel the world […]
The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer
CBR11bingo: Rainbow Flag Bingo! Diagonally: Remix, The Collection, Own Voices, Rainbow Flag, Summer Read I decided to read something by Andrew Sean Greer for the Rainbow Flag square on the strength of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Less, which I read and loved last year. The Story of a Marriage is a very different novel, at least in tone. Where Less is sly and sharp and very funny, The Story of a Marriage is just a bit too earnest for its own good. The Story of […]
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
BINGO: Rainbow Flag Best for: People who enjoy quality fiction, ridiculously good writing, and are looking for something a little different in their protagonist. In a nutshell: Writer Arthur Less’s ex-boyfriend is getting married. Arthur Less is about to turn 50. Instead of wallowing, Arthur Less decides to accept all the literary invites he’s received and spend the summer traveling the world. Worth quoting: “You and me, we’ve met geniuses. And we know we’re not like them, don’t we? What is it like to go […]
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
I’ve joked that a friend once recommended a Dan Brown book and I no longer take recommendations from her, but I lied. Less was her suggestion and I am so so glad I listened. Arthur Less’s 50th birthday is approaching, as is the wedding of the young man he was until very recently dating. He’d prefer to deal with neither of these things, so he instead accepts every other invitation on his desk and signs up to send most of the year traveling much of the world, […]
