The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
This was much duller than I expected. It’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as a novel spun out in endless dull details, mostly concerning the ever-present trope of the ONE woman, Alice. It wasn’t clever, subversive, or anything but a long slog of a dude who is creepily infatuated with a 14-year-old girl, and can’t shut up about how he is ageing backwards. Just no. Pointless.
It did not encourage me to seek out more of Greer’s work. ★★★☆☆