Dec 24, 2009

As Max Saw It | As Max Saw It

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Author: Ludwik Begleiter
First Published: 1994
Type of Work: Novel
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: Self-discovery, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Art or artists, Friendship, Adultery, Loyalty, AIDS, Wealth
Locales: Boston, MA, New York, Pennsylvania, China, Italy

AS MAX SAW IT, the third novel by Louis Begley, an accomplished attorney who began publishing fiction in his fifties, traces the sixteen-year relationship between Charlie and Toby through Max’s imperceptive eyes. Max encounters his former college classmate Charlie with sixteen-year-old Toby at a posh Italian villa. Max runs into Charlie and Toby again, in Beijing, and discovers they are lovers. After a huge inheritance enables the professor to purchase a retreat in the Berkshires, near one built by Charlie, Max and his wife Camilla see much of Charlie and Toby.

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As Max Saw It | As Max Saw It

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