A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review). WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE National Bestseller A New ...

This one was universal -- everyone loved Less. We all immediately identified with the self-depreciating and lovelorn main character, and rooted for him the entire way through his world-spanning journey to escape his former lover's wedding to another man. We disagreed about the ending, as some of us thought the reunion in the conclusion was off theme with the various failed relationships that Less encounters on his travels, but beyond that, we basically just gushed over how touching and outright hilarious many of the scenes were. The escape from the restaurant in Japan, the mangled German, the elastic bands, the illnesses in Morocco -- we all reported laughing out loud at the novel several times. At the same time, we couldn't stop talking about how heartbreak surrounded the novel, and spent a lot of time discussing the different models of relationships the novel offered, and the many ways they began and ended. Kim noted that the book wasn't as much about any one love or heartache but more how love moves through people, resting for a while before shifting focus to another. And that cycling made Less an almost unique read for us -- a book that was genuinely funny, genuinely poignant, and genuinely literary. Bravo, Mr. Greer. Less was certainly more than any of us expected.