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“Less Is Lost” is a good book that you can read online or download to read it later. Before starting the reading or downloading, here is the summary of the book that you can read. 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.

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Less getting lost across America is narrated by his lover (who is NOT on the trip with Less), which was an interesting choice. It’s a strange choice, but then again, it also works. It gives the reader a familiarity, but also a distance from the story at the same time. Maybe that’s why it works so well. I really couldn’t tell you why. Less is traveling across America is what is basically a sleeper van(?) with the dog of his former lover who is dying, while his current lover is feeling abandoned and has taken himself to an island. And yes, the rest of the story is as complicated and somewhat as bizarre as that statement. Need I go on??? I loved all the quirky characters Less met on his journey. I love that his accent (was it called Scandinavian?) became code to Less as someone recognizing his homosexuality. He was not Scandinavian. I love that I laughed out loud and that I was really pulling for Less through all of his misadventures. I was mainly hoping he would find the love and validation he deserved.