Synopsis
About Andrew Sean Greer
See more books from this AuthorMax’s Danish father abruptly vanishes from the house (he’s believed to have been “shanghaied”) when Max is 16, forcing him and his pregnant mother to move from tony Nob Hill to their old house in South Park, where Max (presented as his mother’s brother-in-law) falls hopelessly in love with the 14...
| Read Full Review of The Confessions of Max Tivoli...But his lifelong friend Hughie Dempsey knows Max's secret, and is intimately connected to the story that unfolds, via Max's written "confessions," in small, explosive revelations.
| Read Full Review of The Confessions of Max Tivoli...Here's a nifty, one-off literary gimmick for you: Max, the starry-eyed narrator of Greer's florid second novel, is born in the body of a 70-year-old man and is doomed to live his life in reverse.
Feb 06 2004 | Read Full Review of The Confessions of Max Tivoli...Abandoned by her partner and devastated by the death of her gay twin brother, Greta Wells pursues every treatment she can think of to raise her spirits.
Jul 02 2013 | Read Full Review of The Confessions of Max Tivoli...A fable of surpassing gravity and beauty, The Confessions of Max Tivoli returns Andrew Sean Greer to the central concerns of his first novel: how time ravages love, and how love takes its revenge."
Oct 27 2009 | Read Full Review of The Confessions of Max Tivoli...The white man's mysticism braided into the slowly unfolding plot might madden some, but it also puts Greer a very good storyteller, whose sentences almost stare you down, demanding to be recognized one by one in the company of American authors like Darin Strauss (Chang and Eng) and Nicholas C...
Jul 16 2004 | Read Full Review of The Confessions of Max Tivoli...An aggregated and normalized score based on 180 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes