Description

Book Synopsis

From the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less comes Andrew Sean Greer''s extraordinarily haunting love story The Confessions of Max Tivoli, told in the voice of a man who appears to age backwards.

A Today Show Book Club Pick

We are each the love of someone''s life.

So begins The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other. At his birth, Max''s father declares him a nisse, a creature of Danish myth, as his baby son has the external physical appearance of an old, dying creature. Max grows older like any child, but his physical age appears to go backward--on the outside a very old man, but inside still a fearful child.

The story is told in three acts. First, young Max falls in love with a neighborhood girl, Alice, who ages as normally as any of us. Max, of course, does not; as a young man, he has an older man''s body. But his curse i

The Confessions of Max Tivoli A Novel

    Product form

    £15.30

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £17.00 – you save £1.70 (10%)

    Order before 4pm tomorrow for delivery by Fri 3 Jul 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Andrew Sean Greer

    Out of stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of The Confessions of Max Tivoli A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer

      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: 01/02/2005
      ISBN13: 9780312423810, 978-0312423810
      ISBN10: 0312423810

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less comes Andrew Sean Greer''s extraordinarily haunting love story The Confessions of Max Tivoli, told in the voice of a man who appears to age backwards.

      A Today Show Book Club Pick

      We are each the love of someone''s life.

      So begins The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other. At his birth, Max''s father declares him a nisse, a creature of Danish myth, as his baby son has the external physical appearance of an old, dying creature. Max grows older like any child, but his physical age appears to go backward--on the outside a very old man, but inside still a fearful child.

      The story is told in three acts. First, young Max falls in love with a neighborhood girl, Alice, who ages as normally as any of us. Max, of course, does not; as a young man, he has an older man''s body. But his curse i

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account