I picked this one up when I saw a coverage of it getting the Pulitzer Prize, and it was just there when I was looking to start a new one.
So, the first impression is not so great. I've not read much stories with a gay man as the main character, and this is definitely the first one where the man is getting about to turn fifty.
This is a story of Arthur Less an ageing writer who recently split with his long time boyfriend, who is getting married, and to avoid the invitation Less starts on a journey around the globe. This is a story of journey to unlikely places, and reflections of all your life.
You may escape the events (the whole journey is actually an escape to avoid the wedding of his boyfriend) but you can't escape the thoughts. The idea is to grow over them, and move on.
Not the best one but it's a prize winning for sure.
So, the first impression is not so great. I've not read much stories with a gay man as the main character, and this is definitely the first one where the man is getting about to turn fifty.
This is a story of Arthur Less an ageing writer who recently split with his long time boyfriend, who is getting married, and to avoid the invitation Less starts on a journey around the globe. This is a story of journey to unlikely places, and reflections of all your life.
You may escape the events (the whole journey is actually an escape to avoid the wedding of his boyfriend) but you can't escape the thoughts. The idea is to grow over them, and move on.
Not the best one but it's a prize winning for sure.
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