Less is Lost

In the follow-up to the 'bedazzling, bewitching, and be-wonderful' (NYTBR)
bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning Less, the awkward and lovable Arthur
Less returns in an unforgettable road trip across America.

Go get lost somewhere, it always does you good.

For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately
accomplished novelist 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 running away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of
literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US.

Less roves across the 'Mild Mild West', through the South and to his mid-
Atlantic birthplace, with an ever-changing posse of writerly characters and
his trusty duo - a human-like black pug, Dolly, and a rusty camper van
nicknamed Rosina. He grows a handlebar mustache, ditches his signature gray
suit, and disguises himself in the bolero-and-cowboy-hat costume of a true
'Unitedstatesian'... with varying levels of success, as he continues to be
mistaken for either a Dutchman, the wrong writer, or, worst of all, a 'bad
gay'.

We cannot, however, escape ourselves - even across deserts, bayous, and
coastlines. From his estranged father and strained relationship with Freddy,
to the reckoning he experiences in confronting his privilege, Arthur Less must
eventually face his personal demons. With all of the irrepressible wit and
musicality that made Less a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning, must-read
breakout book, Less Is Lost is a profound and joyous novel about the enigma of
life in America, the riddle of love, and the stories we tell along the way.