As Max Saw It (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)

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The Novel

As Max Saw It combines introspection and observation in the narration of its principal character, Max Strong, who becomes an intimate of the wealthy and famous. Despite a failed marriage, he prospers and is drawn ever more closely into Charlie Swan’s relationship with Toby, whose death from AIDS leads Charlie to choose the same fate.

At the Rumorosa, the Italian villa of Edna and Rodney Joyce on the edge of Lake Como, Max is introduced by his friend Arthur to the Joyces and their guests. As a poor, salaried academic, Max feels ill at ease, not their...

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