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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A young man, Dillon, who is coming of age in the mid 80's in the Denver metro area. He thinks his life is the pits, he's picked on at school, his mom is a recovering alcoholic who has just found Jesus. Along comes Uncle Max who turns his life on it's ear. Uncle Max is just out a two year prison term. He's a self proclaimed cat burglar and a gay man. Uncle Max has a dream ideal of France mostly from Balzac novels. Max helps the boy come to terms with his own sexuality as well as brings him into the larceny racket. Stealing from the well to do in the area. Dillon sees numerous similarities between his Uncles and the anti-hero that comes up in several of Balzac's novels. As the summer nears an end things really begin to heat up. They steal a Faberge egg which in turn ends up being worthless as theirs now way to fence it. Book ends on a semi-happy note and Dillon is a much changed young man from when the book starts. ( ) no reviews | add a review
As witty and warm as it is laugh-out loud funny, Uncle Max follows the adventures of a gawky adolescent on the cusp of homsexuality who discovers an unlikely hero in his outrageous, irreverent Uncle Max. Together, this daring duo embarks on a glorious madcap adventure that will change young Dillon's life forever. Zippy...endearingly comical, featherweight entertainment. The great leap to more substantial literary terrain feels but a book or more away for this talented author' - Publishers Weekly' No library descriptions found.
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