![]() ![]() How is he fundamentally different from you? That is evidence of who I think is supposed to win a Pulitzer – that is, someone who is very much not like me. Īndrew Sean Greer: Of course not! In fact, the whole joke of the character winning a Pulitzer Prize in it is that it’s so impossible that even this well-esteemed poet in the novel, who’s in his 60s when he wins it, is flabbergasted. ![]() Metro : How does it feel to have written a book which won a Pulitzer, which deals with a character who also wins one ? It’s funny as a reader to come across that, but of course you had no idea this would happen when you wrote Less. Greer will appear in conversation with journalist Noelle McCarthy and in a panel discussion at the Auckland Writers Festival later this month. ![]() He spoke candidly about the total shock of winning a Pulitzer, American arrogance abroad, writing a happy ending for a gay love story, and the benefits of avoiding the lure of social media. ![]() Tess Nichol (who rates Less as her favourite book of 2018) spoke to the charming and effusive Greer over the phone, catching him as he headed for afternoon cocktails in San Francisco on a Thursday afternoon. Following the around-the-world journey of aging gay author Arthur Less in his mission to avoid the wedding of his long-time lover to another man, the 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is deeply human and incredibly tender. American author Andrew Sean Greer is the author of the touching and very funny novel Less. ![]()
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