In December 1970, Tamás Cseh and Géza Bereményi met after midnight, among mutual friends, at a pub in Budapest. The next day, they wrote their first two songs together; over the following decades, they wrote hundreds more, released albums, created stage shows, and influenced countless Hungarian musicians and writers. In the essay collection More and Less than a Friend, the writer and translator Diana Senechal introduces Cseh and Bereményi's work to an English-speaking audience. Some of the essays take up individual songs, albums, or stage shows; some explore the songs' recurring themes; and some consider the songs' history and legacy. Lively and insightful, and supplemented with a playlist, this book will appeal to those interested in Hungary, music, songwriting, poetry, language, and the whimsicality of life.