bbA struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of arresting lyricism and beauty iThe iiNew York Times Book Review.ibbbbiibbbrbrbWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEbrbbNational BestsellerbrbbAi New York Timesi Notable Book of 2017brbbA iWashington Post iTop Ten Book of 2017brbbA iSan Francisco Chroniclei Top Ten Book of 2017brbbbbbLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Lambda Award, and the California Book AwardbbbbbrbrbiibiibrbrWho says you can't run away from your problems You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes--it would be too awkward--and you can't say no--it would look like defeat. On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world.brbrbQUESTIONb How do you arrange to skip townbrbrbANSWERb You accept them all.brbriWhat would p