Zusatztext Less is witty! wise! and wistful in equal measure! sometimes all in the space of one page . . . a charming novel! and the vehicle for the most amiable of heroes Informationen zum Autor Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of eight works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less . From 2016-2018, Greer was the first Executive Director of the Santa Maddalena Foundation, working alongside president Beatrice Monti della Corte to invite authors from around the world for a writing residence in the Tuscan countryside. The setting of Villa Coco , Greer's latest novel, is partly inspired by the time he spent there. Klappentext Out now: Andrew Sean Greer's sparkling new novel Villa Coco ? Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 ? 'You will sob little tears of joy' NELL ZINK 'I recommend it with my whole heart' ANN PATCHETT 'This book is basically perfect' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Charming, languid and incredibly funny, I absolutely adored Arthur' JENNY COLGAN 'Marvellously, endearingly, unexpectedly funny' GARY SHTEYNGART 'I adore this book' ARMISTEAD MAUPIN 'Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful' NEW YORK TIMES 'A fast and rocketing read . . . a wonderful, wonderful book!' KAREN JOY FOWLER 'Hilarious, and wise, and abundantly funny' ADAM HASLETT ? Who says you can't run away from your problems? ? 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. Zusammenfassung The Pulitzer prize-winning novel about a failed writer trying to escape his problems by traveling abroad....

Less is witty, wise, and wistful in equal measure, sometimes all in the space of one page . . . a charming novel, and the vehicle for the most amiable of heroes

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The Pulitzer prize-winning novel about a failed writer trying to escape his problems by traveling abroad.

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Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of eight works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less. From 2016-2018, Greer was the first Executive Director of the Santa Maddalena Foundation, working alongside president Beatrice Monti della Corte to invite authors from around the world for a writing residence in the Tuscan countryside. The setting of Villa Coco, Greer's latest novel, is partly inspired by the time he spent there.

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Out now: Andrew Sean Greer's sparkling new novel Villa Coco
⭐ Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 ⭐
'You will sob little tears of joy' NELL ZINK

'I recommend it with my whole heart' ANN PATCHETT

'This book is basically perfect' DOLLY ALDERTON

'Charming, languid and incredibly funny, I absolutely adored Arthur' JENNY COLGAN

'Marvellously, endearingly, unexpectedly funny' GARY SHTEYNGART

'I adore this book' ARMISTEAD MAUPIN

'Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful' NEW YORK TIMES

'A fast and rocketing read . . . a wonderful, wonderful book!' KAREN JOY FOWLER

'Hilarious, and wise, and abundantly funny' ADAM HASLETT

⭐ Who says you can't run away from your problems? ⭐

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.