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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language in the literary comic register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult gay romantic content; tasteful and central to the novel's emotional life
Substance Use
Some
Social drinking across the globe; part of the literary world's texture
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological weight of midlife failure and the question of whether love found late still counts — handled with lightness that earns its emotional payoff
What this book is about
Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows Arthur Less, a middle-aged American novelist whose books are quietly received, who accepts a string of minor literary invitations across the globe — Mexico, Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, Japan — in order to be legitimately absent from his former lover's wedding. Greer writes with radiant wit and genuine warmth; the novel is about failure, middle age, and love in a way that consistently surprises. Adult gay romantic content is present and central. A genuine joy.
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