Andrew Sean Greer presents ‘Less is Lost’

Hugo House is pleased to partner with Third Place Books to welcome Andrew Sean Greer—whose 2018 novel Less was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction—to the Third Place Books stage at Lake Forest Park! Greer will be discussing his latest novel, Less Is Lost, in which the awkward and lovable Arthur Less returns for an unforgettable road trip across America.

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Here's what you need to know before you purchase your ticket:

• Tickets are required in advance. All tickets come with a copy of the event's featured book.
• 1 ticket admits 2 attendees.
• Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite. Pre-order of the book will not grant you access to the event.
• If you purchase a book-bundled ticket but are unable to attend the event, your book will be placed on hold at our Lake Forest Park store. You may request to have your book transferred to our Ravenna or Seward Park neighborhood stores.

Copies of Less is Lost and other books by Andrew Sean Greer will be available for purchase at the store. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A.

About Less Is Lost. . .

“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.