Booksmith is thrilled to welcome back Andrew Sean Greer for the launch of Less Is Lost, the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Less. More information to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us for a very special release party at the Alembic.

PLEASE NOTE: This event is SOLD OUT. We may have additional tickets available at the door, and if so those will be released at 7:15pm on a first-come, first-served basis, with walk-ups having no guarantee of admission. If you would like a signed, personalized copy of Less Is Lost order here (and/or for any of Andy's other books, here) and we will hold them for pickup at the shop or send them directly to you.

Please note:

• This is a ticketed party at Alembic (1725 Haight St). Because we are limiting capacity to keep our staff, authors and guests safe, we cannot guarantee admission for walk-ups. If you want to be sure you can get in, check out with a Ticket with Book. All tickets are available here.
• Safety: ID and proof of full vaccination, including booster, will be required at the door. Masks will be required throughout the conversation portion of the event, capacity will be limited to allow indoor distancing, and we'll have extra ventilation in place. 
• Alembic's door will open at 6pm for full service, and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the event. Please note that food will not be available. Our party will be held in the Alembic bar and the bookshop's Fiction gallery.
• We are happy to offer *signed* copies of Less Is Lost: order a Ticket with Book bundle if you'd like to pick up a signed copy at the event, or order here if you just want a signed copy.
• If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
• Questions? Write [email protected].

About the book

"Go get lost somewhere, it always does you good."

For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner, Freddy Pelu. But nothing lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less running away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US.

Less roves across the "Mild Mild West," through the South and to his mid-Atlantic birthplace, with an ever-changing posse of writerly characters and his trusty duo - a human-like black pug, Dolly, and a rusty camper van nicknamed Rosina. He grows a handlebar mustache, ditches his signature gray suit, and disguises himself in the bolero-and-cowboy-hat costume of a true "Unitedstatesian"... with varying levels of success, as he continues to be mistaken for either a Dutchman, the wrong writer, or, worst of all, a "bad gay."

We cannot, however, escape ourselves - even across deserts, bayous, and coastlines. From his estranged father and strained relationship with Freddy, to the reckoning he experiences in confronting his privilege, Arthur Less must eventually face his personal demons. With all of the irrepressible wit and musicality that made Less a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning, must-read breakout book, Less Is Lost is a profound and joyous novel about the enigma of life in America, the riddle of love, and the stories we tell along the way.

About the author

Andrew Sean Greer is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of six works of fiction, including the bestsellers The Confessions of Max Tivoli and Less. Greer has taught at a number of universities, including the Iowa Writers Workshop, been a TODAY show pick, a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow, a judge for the National Book Award, and a winner of the California Book Award and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. He is the recipient of a NEA grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He lives in San Francisco. Photo by Kaliel Roberts.

Please note:

• This is a ticketed party at Alembic (1725 Haight St). Because we are limiting capacity to keep our staff, authors and guests safe, we cannot guarantee admission for walk-ups. If you want to be sure you can get in, check out with a Ticket with Book. All tickets are available here.
• Safety: ID and proof of full vaccination, including booster, will be required at the door. Masks will be required throughout the conversation portion of the event, capacity will be limited to allow indoor distancing, and we'll have extra ventilation in place. 
• Alembic's door will open at 6pm for full service, and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the event. Please note that food will not be available. Our party will be held in the Alembic bar and the bookshop's Fiction gallery.
• We are happy to offer *signed* copies of Less Is Lost: order a Ticket with Book bundle if you'd like to pick up a signed copy at the event, or order here if you just want a signed copy.
• If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
• Questions? Write [email protected].