Confessions of Max Tivoli, The

Confessions of Max Tivoli, The

by Andrew Sean Greer (Author)

Synopsis

Born as an old man, Max Tivoli lives his life aging backwards, falling in love and living an odd, sometimes terrifying life in San Francisco at the turn of the ninetheeth century. 20,000 first printing.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 267
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published: 01 Feb 2004

ISBN 10: 0374128715
ISBN 13: 9780374128715

Media Reviews
Praise for The Path of Minor Planets :
One of the wisest, most compassionate novels about smart people's emotional lives to come around in years. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Greer pinpoints the 'tiny hidden madnesses in ordinary people' with unerring accuracy, and, in prose littered with sparks, makes palpable the longing for the celestial. -- The New Yorker
Greer is a writer to watch. -- The Boston Globe

Praise for The Path of Minor Planets

One of the wisest, most compassionate novels about smart people's emotional lives to come around in years. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Greer pinpoints the 'tiny hidden madnesses in ordinary people' with unerring accuracy, and, in prose littered with sparks, makes palpable the longing for the celestial. -- The New Yorker

Greer is a writer to watch. -- The Boston Globe

Praise for The Path of Minor Planets
One of the wisest, most compassionate novels about smart people's emotional lives to come around in years. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Greer pinpoints the 'tiny hidden madnesses in ordinary people' with unerring accuracy, and, in prose littered with sparks, makes palpable the longing for the celestial. -- The New Yorker
Greer is a writer to watch. -- The Boston Globe
Author Bio
Andrew Sean Greer is the author of the story collection How it Was For Me (Picador) and most recently a novel, The Path of Minor Planets (Picador). He lives in San Francisco, California.