![]() ![]() ![]() Naturally, when news of a sequel to Less was announced, more dismissive shrugging ensued, as though no one remembered acclaimed sequels written by the likes of John Updike, Philip Roth and Hilary Mantel. ![]() After all, the Pulitzer is usually awarded to a novel that's not as much fun to read as Less was.Ī satire of the pretensions of the literary world, Less chronicled the efforts of its hero - the white, gay, American, minor writer, Arthur Less - to outrun his impending 50th birthday and the wedding of his former partner by accepting every invitation to every literary conference, junket, writer's retreat and festival that came his way. Why do we underrate comedy when we need it so badly? When Andrew Sean Greer's novel Less won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 there was a dismissive shrug on the part of some critics. ![]()
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