{"product_id":"the-confessions-of-max-tivoli","title":"The Confessions of Max Tivoli","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"We are each the love of someone's life.\" So begins \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Max Tivoli\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003ea heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003e The Confessions of Max Tivoli \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * TODAY SHOW PICK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enchanting\"--John Updike, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Devastating, heartbreaking...an astonishment.\"--\u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"****\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Quietly dazzling...keenly affecting.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"This year's break-out novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A devastating new writer\"-Michael Cunningham \u003cbr\u003e\"A fable of surpassing gravity and beauty.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most talented writers around.\"--Michael Chabon \u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant and graceful.\"--\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliantly conceived.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A breath-taking love story...a profound meditation on life.\"--\u003ci\u003eSalon.com \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A writer of great daring and originality.\"--Peter Carey \u003cbr\u003e\"It leaves its readers ...both younger and wiser.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"What's most impressive about Greer's work is the emotional intensity...and the deep beauty of his prose\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal Constitution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud, write notes in the margins and shed tears onto its pages.\"--Neil LaBute \u003cbr\u003e\"Surprisingly and genuinely affecting.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Strikingly original and beautifully told.\"--\u003ci\u003eBookpage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weird and wonderful...[a] deft new modern master.\"--\u003ci\u003eElle.com \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[It] strums the heartstrings again and again...positively captivating.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Mesmerizing and heartbreaking.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The delights are many....old-fashioned narrative fun in a literary hall of mirrors.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A mythic, Proustian romance...a brilliant story.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Sean Greer is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eHow It Was for M\u003c\/i\u003ee (Picador) and most recently a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Path of Minor Planets\u003c\/i\u003e (Picador). He lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780312423810\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £8.44","offer_id":47910029263025,"sku":"SB-0312423810-C3","price":8.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0312423810.jpg?v=1789226901","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-confessions-of-max-tivoli","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}