{"id":50198,"date":"2023-01-08T12:12:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=50198"},"modified":"2023-01-07T12:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:12:39","slug":"less-is-lost-by-andrew-sean-greer-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/less-is-lost-by-andrew-sean-greer-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-50130\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Less-Is-Lost-Andrew-Sean-Greer-BookDragon-516x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Less-Is-Lost-Andrew-Sean-Greer-BookDragon-516x800.jpg 516w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Less-Is-Lost-Andrew-Sean-Greer-BookDragon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/>Just as he was in Andrew Sean Greer\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, Arthur Less is apparently still a \u201cbad gay.\u201d But that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s not delightfully lost in this highly anticipated second volume of Greer\u2019s \u201cLess\u201d series. This time, Arthur is haphazardly traveling across the U.S. in a camper van called Rosina, with his black pug Dolly as co-pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Petkoff again is Greer\u2019s ideal cipher, effortlessly manifesting his irresistible charm (including his comical, far-less-fluent-than-he\u2019s-self-convinced German) while imbuing Greer\u2019s narrator, revealed early on to be Arthur\u2019s partner Freddy \u2013 through whose viewpoint the peripatetic journey progresses (and occasionally stalls) \u2013 with more awareness as well as some loving exasperation.<\/p>\n<p>Greer\u2019s many can\u2019t-be-called-minor characters become showcases for Petkoff\u2019s impressive characterizations. For 10 years, Arthur has lived rent-free in a former lover\u2019s \u201calmost-but-not-quite-waterproof one-bedroom bungalow\u201c tenderly called \u2018the Shack\u2019\u201d in San Francisco, the last euphoric nine months with Freddy. But in the wake of that ex-lover\u2019s recent death, his estate is demanding posthumous rent, leaving Arthur a mere month to earn a small fortune via a grueling schedule of interviews, appearances, and talks. He also must fix his idyllic love story with cherished Freddy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Go get lost<\/em>\u201d he must.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Less-Is-Lost-\/pid=9771501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers:<\/strong> Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022freind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as he was in Andrew Sean Greer\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, Arthur Less is apparently still a \u201cbad gay.\u201d But that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s not delightfully lost in this highly anticipated second volume of Greer\u2019s \u201cLess\u201d series. 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