![]() ![]() Later, another source of desperately needed income emerges from a stage production of one of his stories by a theater troupe in Louisiana, which sends Arthur racing off toward it. Does this math add up? One third of ten years’ deferred rent in San Francisco would be in the vicinity of - well, numbers are hard, but it would have to be a lot more than any magazine on Earth could afford for a profile. The only immediate money-earning opportunity is to accompany a cantankerous science fiction writer on a book tour and write a magazine profile that Arthur believes will generate at least a third of the sum needed to save his home. At the deceased lover’s memorial, the apartment is revealed to have been rent-deferred rather than rent-free - and now payment to the estate is due. ![]() Arthur, our protagonist, has lost a former lover and benefactor who allowed him to live in an apartment in San Francisco for a decade without paying rent. ![]() The engine driving the plot is economic necessity. So it’s the perfect time to greet everyone’s favorite 50-something, anxiety-riddled, minor American author Arthur Less in Less Is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer’s sequel to his 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner Less. But an escapist novel shouldn’t be too taxing. Good reads - like batteries, chocolate, moisturizer, and canned beans - are the foundation of a winter survival kit, and a stack of books can be a soothing way of marking off the days. Escapism is a form of self-care, and self-care is a high priority right now for Provincetown residents facing months of winter. ![]()
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