Andrew Sean Greer did not initially envision his new novel 'Less Is Lost' as a sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Less.' Here, the writer discusses how his protagonist offered a way into the story he wanted to write.
It was Labor Day weekend, and the writer Andrew Sean Greer had just arrived in Bangor, Maine, en route to a wedding—only to learn that the rental car he had booked to drive to the venue was nowhere to be found. How could such a thing happen? Perhaps, Greer suspected, other holiday travelers were having too much fun on vacation and hadn’t returned their vehicles yet?
Was there anything you saw or experienced on that road trip that couldn’t make it into the book, but you were trying to find a way to make it fit? Let’s go on to the Culture Diet questions. What time do you wake up in the morning and what's the first thing you do? I’m in Maine, so I have my friend’s bedside table. I’m in the kids room so last night, I read half ofby Philip Pullman. I haven’t read that in 20 years or something. I stayed up till 3 in the morning. It was such a joyous experience—it was like being a teenager. Back at home, I have Karen Joy Fowler’s new book,Do you remember the last movie you saw in theaters?. I watched it with my whole family. Of course, my mom hated it. I’m the age where I watchedit.
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