The Confessions of Max Tivioli - Easelback: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0312424736
- ISBN-13
- 9780312424732
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-02-01
- Publisher
- Picador
- Author
- Andrew Sean Greer
Description
Greer is a devastating new writer. This book marks the beginning of what I suspect will be a significant and lasting careerMICHAEL CUNNINGHAM. Out of the womb in 1871, Max Tivoli looked to all the world like a tiny 70-year-old man.
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