The author of 'Less Is Lost' explains how he wrote a sequel to his hit novel: by turning hard topics into funny stories.
My misadventures are not the same as Less's. I didn't actually flood a commune. The most memorable impressions were the two places I visited in the Southwest: Slab City, California, and Arcosanti, Arizona. Both struck me as utterly American places. Lawless, but beautiful. You're on your own, but we're also in it together. That conflict really set the mood for what I was writing.Going into rural bars in the Deep South. I really had to work up my nerve to go through those doors.
ESQ: Early in the book, we meet a writer who asks,"What if this whole idea of America is wrong?" It's a provocative question. Having traveled to all these places, having seen the things you've seen, how would you answer it?I’m not the only one who thinks we have a basic flaw in this country. Just look around—nobody else has duplicated our version of democracy. We made a lot of mistakes that now seem like holy errors which can't be changed, like the electoral college.
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