highest palindrome with 3 digit numbers in python

Question

In problem 4 from http://projecteuler.net/ it says:

A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-d

Answer 1

Tried making it more efficient, while keeping it legible:

def is_palindrome(num):
    return str(num) == str(num)[::-1]

def fn(n):
    max_palindrome = 1
    for x in range(n,1,-1):
        for y in range(n,x-1,-1):
            if is_palindrome(x*y) and x*y > max_palindrome:
                max_palindrome = x*y
            elif x * y < max_palindrome:
                break
    return max_palindrome

print fn(999)