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Tales of the City
by: Armistead Maupin

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060186692
ISBN: 0060186690
Label: Harpercollins
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 374
Publication Date: 1996-04
Publisher: Harpercollins
Sales Rank: 878135
Studio: Harpercollins

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The acclaimed best-seller by the author of Significant Other, Babycakes, and Sure of You follows the experiences of Anna Madrigal, doyenne of 28 Barbary Lane. Reprint. TV tie-in. 75,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

Amazon.com Review:
Since 1976, Maupin's Tales of the City has etched itself upon the hearts and minds of its readers, both straight and gay. From a groundbreaking newspaper serial in the San Francisco Chronicle to a bestselling novel to a critically acclaimed PBS series, Tales (all six of them) contains the universe--if not in a grain of sand, then in one apartment house.

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- Maupin: Well known, but new to me.
Who am I to review this man's writings? Still, it's fun to be asked to share my ignorance. Many books, by todays' authors, are touted as being hysterically funny, etc. Unfortunately, for me, I find that although I am said to have an excellent sense of humor, these fall rather flat well before the end of the stories.

Maupin allows us to enter the world of the Gay and Straight communities, without forcing either on us as being the "correct" one. I enjoyed how brief he made each chapter, yet (at any given point) tied them together and continued the stories of the several lives, to whom he has introduced us.

There were some "whimsical" moments, and fewer "outright humorous" scenes, however, I had no trouble finishing the book, and look forward to reading his next two installments.

As they used to say on one of the 1950's Teen Dance Shows, on TV, "It's a catchy tune, but a little ... Read More

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- An All-Time Favorite
This book will make you laugh, cry, and leave you hungry for more. Do yourself a favor and read the entire series. Maupin creates a coterie of friends that I love and revisit often. They may be fictional, but I think of his characters as family.

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- Sister Carrie Goes to San Francisco
This is a fun, late-20th Century take on the old theme of the virtuous midwestern girl who moves to the big city. Ulnlike Sister Carrie, though, Mary Ann Singleton is not so much the focus of the book as she is the touchstone by which other characters are measured and reveal themselves. Unfortunately, she lacks some of the emotional depth and appeal of Siste Carrie. Indeed, most of the characters in the book are paper thin. The result can be amusing and an excellent vehicle for satire, but not something that has great literary value. Maupin is more like Tom Wolfe than Dreiser in his ability to spin amusing yarns that have a good sense of the pulse of American culture, but without the depth and pathos that make for great literature.

The real hero of the book is not so much Mary Ann as it is the two most appealing gay characters (Michael Tolliver and the closet gay gynecologist) who, despite their untraditional ... Read More

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- If you can't wear some flowers in your hair
If you are going to San Francisco be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, someone sang. If you are not going - but you want to, just for starters pick a copy of Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" a novel that was first serialized in the mid-70's in a local newspaper and some time later was published in a single volume. But he didn't stop, and last year he reached the seventh installment.

"Tales of the City" is a quick read - what doesn't mean is a disposable one. The characters are unforgettable and after a couple of pages it feels like we have known them for ages. It all begins when Mary Ann Singleton a Cleveland twenty-something spends vacation in San Fran and decides she does not want to go back home.

As she starts her new life, we are introduced to a group of people who are somehow related - although they are not aware of the ties all the time. The most important scenario is a building in 28 ... Read More

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