'Bedazzling bewitching and be-wonderful' New York Times Book Review 'A fast and rocketing read
. . . a wonderful wonderful book!' Karen Joy Fowler WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM YOUR
PROBLEMS? Arthur Less is a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in
the post: it is from an ex-boyfriend of nine years who is engaged to someone else. Arthur can't
say yes - it would be too awkward he can't say no - it would look like defeat. So he begins
to accept the invitations on his desk to half-baked literary events around the world. From
France to India Germany to Japan Arthur almost falls in love almost falls to his death and
puts miles between him and the plight he refuses to face. Less is a novel about mishaps
misunderstandings and the depths of the human heart. 'Hilarious and wise and abundantly
funny' Adam Haslett
