The Confessions of Max Tivoli

By Andrew Sean Greer,

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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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Now weā€™re back in my most favorite place, San Francisco. Place is as much a character as the living, breathing people we meet in the pages of novels or non-fiction, and the author, Andrew Sean Greer, chose to tell a most curious tale in my hometown. Weā€™re in San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century where we meet a strange gnome-like man who ages backwards. Heā€™s in love with a young lady who is normal in every way. With a nod to F. Scott Fitzgeraldā€™s The Curious Life of Benjamin Button, here time is the great force thatā€¦

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