Andrew Sean Greer

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. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

A Novel

The Confessions of Max Tivoli

HanaKyle Moranz

i really really enjoyed this book. i'm a big fan of fantasy + romance, which certainly exists in young adult fiction and i don't go there enough as an adult. i found this book captivating! and i certainly recommend it, as a quick and engaging ready, despite the similarities to benjamin button that everyone keeps pointing out to me. alas! it was great! i'm a sucker!

Rebecca Henry

Incredibly similar to the Tale of Benjamin Button.

Out of the womb in 1871, Max Tivoli looked to all the world like a tiny 70-year-old man. But inside the aged body was an infant. Victim of a rare disease, Max grows physically younger as his mind matures. In this finely crafted novel, Max narrates his life story from the vantage point of his late fifties, though his body is that of a 12-year-old boy...

Daryl Houston

This is one of the more finely wrought things I've read in a while. The prose is beautiful (some might say purple, but it really worked for me), the story weird and funny (and sometimes a little creepy) and crushing. I read it quickly but it deserves to be read slowly.

The Confessions of Max Tivoli A Novel

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