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A review by superdilettante
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
2.0
I'd put this in the "Time-Traveler's Wife" genre of literature--sort of mind-bending, as long as you don't think too much about it. It's airplane reading, disposable literature you can leave in the seat back pocket when you're finished and not give it another thought. Some might argue that books like that are the reason TV was created, but it's nice to be able to read something, now and then, that just flows over you and leaves no confusing aftertaste.
That said, the period details in the book were quite nice--the richly fitted out car Max and Hughie use for their cross-country trip; the descriptions of turn-of-the-century San Francisco; and the forward-march descriptions of fashions and fads throughout the early part of the twentieth century.
I don't know whether I'd recommend seeking this book out, but if you find it in the seat back pocket of an airplane, take it with you.
That said, the period details in the book were quite nice--the richly fitted out car Max and Hughie use for their cross-country trip; the descriptions of turn-of-the-century San Francisco; and the forward-march descriptions of fashions and fads throughout the early part of the twentieth century.
I don't know whether I'd recommend seeking this book out, but if you find it in the seat back pocket of an airplane, take it with you.