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Title: 28 Barbary Lane : A "Tales of the City" Omnibus by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-06-016466-2 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (38 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I wanna live at 28 Barbary Lane.
Comment: Having the first three books in the "Tales of the City" series all in one place is a huge convenience as I am continually reading them. There is an absurd joy I get whenever I read these stories. Please understand, I realize these characters are fictional, but I so want to be friends with them and take part in their bizarre adventures. Maupin has a very minimalist writing style. The chapters are rarely more than three pages long, and in some cases almost entirely dialogue; yet somehow Maupin is able to create a world so real I feel I know these character intimately.
What makes this collection so wonderful is that it does not contain the final three books in the series. It helps to maintain my delusion that the last three book simply don't exist and the action stops at the end of book three. I highly recommend this collection.
Rating: 5
Summary: oooooh, the 70's
Comment: As a young kid, I ate these books up. I so wanted to go live in San Francisco and meet the wonderful, wild, funny and crazy people that populated these books. For all of the sex and "perversion", there's a wonderful innocence to these stories- the good guys prevail and the baddies get their just desserts. It also helps that, in addition to being a master of plot, Armistead Maupin writes excellent dialogue.
By the end of these three novels, you will really care about the main characters. It's a big letdown that, in the next three books, the real-life 80's have to intrude on the frothy 70's fun, much like it did in our lives.
Truly one of the must-reads of this century (and yes, I know exactly what I am saying), this six-book series will make you laugh, have you on the edge of your seat, and finally, make you weep.
Rating: 5
Summary: I Just Love it!
Comment: What does it mean to be human? To love your fellow human beings and pardon their failings...up to a point,that is. Check Norman Neal Williams and Beauchamp and you'll know what I mean.But I've rarely read a novelist whit so profound a understanding of human nature,whit such piety,and whit such a clear mind on what kind of behaviour just can't be tolerated. The behaviour of those who won't respect their fellow humans rights and freedom. The unkind,selfish,cruel and uncaring. Armistead Maupin's stories are a masterpiece on the study of human soul, and of the complex interaction of individualities each one seeking his of her realization.His comedie humaine is far superior, for his empathy, to the cold,harsh and pessimistic stories of some celebrated minimalists of our time.
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Title: Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060166495 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 06 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Maybe the Moon : A Novel by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924349 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title:Further Tales of the City ASIN: B00006FDBN Publisher: Showtime Entertainme Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $40.48 |
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Title: The Night Listener : A Novel by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 006093090X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sure of You by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924845 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 26 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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