The old adage about lightning comes to mind. I was one of the readers for whom Andrew Sean Greer's last novel, "Less," was a uproarious surprise hit. Not that I hadn't liked previous Greer novels, but ...

In this episode, Here & Now's Robin Young talks with author Andrew Sean Greer about his new novel Less is Lost, the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Less. This time, Greer's protagonist Arthur ...

Find a book excerpt here. Host Robin Young speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Andrew Sean Greer about his new novel "Less is Lost," which takes his hapless hero Arthur Less on a tour of America ...

The book opens with a young man arriving in Italy “overburdened with books, luggage, gin, fish oil, and doubt.” He doesn’t ...

One of the best things about writing “Less,” says author Andrew Sean Greer, was that he felt completely ready to move on afterward. “It’s hard to make a book and let it go, because you feel like it’s ...

Following his “Less” books with “Villa Coco,” Andrew Sean Greer drops an aimless postgraduate into a glamorous, romantic and secret-laden setting. By Stuart Emmrich Novels by Ann Patchett, Maggie ...

The Pulitzer-winning author of Less has crafted a breezy confection of fish-out-of-water wit, insecurity and self-discovery set in an Italian paradise ...