Less / Andrew Sean Greer / 261 pages

Arthur Less is a forty-nine year old struggling author.  He receives a wedding invitation from his former boyfriend of the past nine years.  To avoid facing this occasion and his upcoming milestone birthday Arthur arranges an eighty day trip that will take him to Mexico, Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, and Japan.  Each chapter is about his adventures in each country.  At the end of the book Arthur returns home to find his happy ending with his life.