Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Andrew Sean Greer on Writing ‘Less’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Less
Less by Andrew Sean Greer is a comedic and deeply moving Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that follows a middle-aged writer named Arthur Less as he embarks on a chaotic, globe-trotting journey to avoid an ex-boyfriend's wedding.
Discussed“Andrew Shan Greer joins us now his new novel is called less and it is on the cover of the New York Times book review this week”
Where to get it
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life is a captivating memoir by William Finnegan that chronicles his lifelong obsession with surfing, travel, and journalism across the globe.
Recommended“the book again is Barbarian days a surfing Life”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Less
“in 2017 Andrew Shan Greer released his comic novel Les the following year”
Passing Less Is Lost
“Greer's new book less is lost is a sequel to that prize-winning novel and we're using this as an opport to look back on a conversation that he had 5 years ago with then book review editor Pamela Paul”
Passing Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
“that's when we spoke to William finegan the New Yorker staff writer about his Memoir Barbarian days which details his life traveling through many parts of the world chasing his surfing Obsession”