![]() ![]() “Our loved ones will say that we sound the same - the way we talk,” he says of being a twin. “Less is Lost” is the follow-up to Andrew Sean Greer’s prizewinning novel, “Less.” He grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., with an identical twin brother. The author certainly has “wait a sec, which one is which?” experience. “I have a little better sense of humor than (Less) does,” Greer says. Indeed, they share many traits, but there are also important differences. Then again, not every character is as fun to read about as Arthur Less, a San Francisco-based writer who many readers assume is based upon Greer himself. I was just a nervous wreck, because I thought, ‘No one needs a sequel.’” “You should have seen me the week before this published. “It’s a huge relief,” Greer says of the strong reviews. Greer can pretend all he wants, but the fact is that “Less Is Lost” has created sizable buzz in the book world and earned some very favorable reviews. “But if there is anything you get to do after you win a prize like that, it’s sort of write whatever you want and try to pretend no one is paying attention.” “My agent told me not to write a sequel to a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,” Greer says. The result is the just-published “Less Is Lost,” which finds the author expanding upon the storyline of protagonist Arthur Less. ![]()
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