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Title: Further Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924926 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 3
Summary: #3
Comment: If you could only get one of Amistead Maupin's Tales series, this is not the one to get. I've read all 3 of the Tales and this one was a bit disappointing. The characters seem so different that I almost found it distracting that he used the same names. Sure characters should evolve, but there just wasn't a smooth transition from the 2nd book to this one as far as character development. Michael is not as lovable and fey as in the previous 2 books, and his relationship with MaryAnn has all but faded into mere allusions. It's still a worthy read, and I would still recommend it, but not before the other two.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Third Time's the Charm!
Comment: "Further Tales of the City" is by far my favorite of the series. It is here that life continues for our characters, but they grow far beyond what has taken place in the last two books, especially MaryAnn.
Here also Maupin, moves forward with his wonderful concept of "chosen family," weaving MaryAnn, Brian and Mouse together as a great example of how workable and tender a "non-traditional family" can be. The price of that family, and that friendship - and standing up for what is right - is high as the book ends, but that only makes it all the more real and satisfying.
Be with your friends of 28 Barbary Lane as innocence is lost in the early 80s just before the Spectre of AIDS his San Francisco in all its fury. It is a time and place that can - unfortunately - never come again.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Barbary Lane Saga goes on!
Comment: Here the Author mixes the lives of his somewhat evolved personae (Mary Ann now almost a TV celebrity,Michael matured, but no less charming) whit the social and cultural evolution of the times, and whit one of the most horrible events of late seventies, the Jonesites mass suicide in Guyana. But even so, the Author does not lose his pungent humour and his love for bizarre, uncanny situations ( the strange encounter of Prue whit the man in the shack in the park). I've also missed Jon, former Michael's lover (the reasons for their breakup aren't too clear). But all the same, I've enjoied it like the first two.
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Title: More Tales of the City (Showtime Tie-In Edition) by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060929383 Publisher: Harperflamingo Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Babycakes by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924837 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Significant Others by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924810 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060964049 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924845 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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