Time takes its toll on an old man facing youth
Reviewer:
David Kipen
Source:
San Francisco Chronicle
"The Confessions of Max Tivoli" starts in a sandbox and ends in a cemetery. So do most of us, of course—with the exception of Greer's narrator, Max. He suffers from what we may as well term Max Tivoli syndrome. … This congenital syndrome has no cure and exactly one symptom: Its victims age backward.
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About Andrew
Andrew Sean Greer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of two scientists. He studied writing at Brown University, where he was the commencement speaker at his own graduation. After years in New York working as a chauffeur, television extra and unsuccessful...