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 ...

If there are beach books in San Francisco – brrr – this summer's ought to be "Less." The latest novel by San Franciscan Andrew Sean Greer, "Less" (Lee Boudreux Books/Little, Brown) is a book that has ...

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 ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. “I couldn’t read more than a page of ‘Last of the Mohicans,’” says the novelist, whose new book is “Less Is Lost.” “Not only is it ...

I know nothing about literature. Or at least, very little before going on the literary rabbit hole caused by a catalyst soon to be described here. In the last few months, I’ve read two books I’m ...