Less Is Lost

KATIE GUTIERREZ, OPRAH DAILY

"Andrew Sean Greer's new novel performs an astonishing magic trick: It makes you forget the state of the world—or, more specifically, America ... Writers may take special pleasure in Less Is Lost for the way it holds a mirror to the unique humiliations of their vocation ... With the wit and warmth that made readers fall in love with Less, Greer can find the absurd in everything ... What made Less such a deep joy to read was the voice—a playful almost-omniscience that occasionally shifted to reveal a mysterious first-person who looked upon Less with unmistakable fondness. That narrative voice resumes seamlessly in Less Is Lost ... Less Is Lost is a love story, but it's also about how we make art—which is to say, how we make meaning."