![]() ![]() ![]() One description, of an old, Black woman made me think that ‘old’ and ‘Black’ was possibly the least interesting way to say something about someone. My husband hated how the narrator announced too often, ‘I’m Freddy Pelu!’ whereas I found that there were a number of odd descriptions of the race of a character, a sense that Greer wants to do right and be correct about writing in these fraught times but isn’t quite sure how to do so. ![]() The other thing is that I loved (and was surprised) by the mystery of the narrator of the first book losing this tension felt a bit unsatisfying. There were some fun parts that made me laugh, but I suppose I wasn’t charmed in the same way as being freshly introduced to Arthur Less. I didn’t find the American adventures quite as compelling as his international ones. I wasn’t opposed to a sequel to ‘Less’ but what would it bring to be new, to be engaging? I love Greer’s writing, and find it both immensely readable and at times, simply beautiful. I loved ‘Less’ so much that I guess four stars is a fall from five. ![]()
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