The Greatest Lover of Last Tuesday

Eighty-year-old Alberto Camelo has searched for love in all the wrong places. Nevertheless, he claims that his experiences have made him the world’s greatest lover. This claim is belied by his ancient neighbour and closest friend Adriana who taunts: “Perhaps you are the greatest lover of last Tuesday.” Despite his boasts, Alberto has never experienced real love, and he desires to know true intimacy before he departs this world for what he terms, “a less than inspiring place.” Upon discovering that Adriana also has never encountered serious romance, a battle of wits and wills begins, with the pair challenging one another with their opposing ideas about love and romance. Hilarity ensues as Alberto recounts the lascivious details of his lifetime of experience including his first romantic encounter in the garden to his marriage to a gold-digger.
The Greatest Lover of Last Tuesday follows Alberto’s quest to climb to the summit and stand alone as a virtuoso in the realm of love. Neil McKinnon skillfully handles serious topics such as intimacy and the nature of love with humour and imagination in an uproarious novel sure to appeal to anyone with an open mind and a well-developed funny bone.