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Title: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-06-096404-9 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (86 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A brilliant satire of 70's San Francisco!
Comment: I have heard so many wonderful things about the Tales of the City book series that I finally decided to give it a whirl. What a brilliant and hilarious book! The book introduces the reader to San Francisco during the Seventies (the time in which this book was written) and the mythic apartment building at 28 Barbary Lane. Each character in the book has his or her spark of wit and neurosis. I especially enjoyed Mrs. Madrigal, Mary Ann Singleton and Michael. I marvel at the brilliant and exceptionally witty characters. It didn't take me long to realize -- especially with the author's Afterword -- that the book is a satire of the gay scene in San Francisco. The characters have a great deal of humanity in this book, for it is obvious that the author had a message to send to his readers. Is Armistead Maupin -- as some people have said -- this era's -- or rather, the Seventies era -- Charles Dickens? With his incredible writing and undeniable wit, I'd say yes!
Rating: 5
Summary: The best of light reading...
Comment: When I look back on the 300+ books I've read in the past 10 years, no list of irresistable, up-all-hours reads could be complete without the "Tales of the City" series, starting with volume one. (There are six in all, and I loved all of them.) I'll never forget the image it created when I first read it; the back porches and neighborly spirit of Barbary Lane, the apartment unit that centers the lives of its disparate characters: landlady Anna Madrigal, who is carrying a secret of "Crying Game" like propotions, ... hottie Michael Tolliver, future journalist Mary Ann Singleton (a role perfectly fleshed out by Laura Linney in the TV movies), lovable slug Brian, and Mona Ramsay, who might be seen as the fictional sister-in-spirit of Courtney Love. Their episodical adventures are fancifal and hilarious and the spirit of love that ties them together will ring true to anyone who ever created a second family of friends in an adopted hometown.
Rating: 5
Summary: Can't put it down
Comment: This is one of those books you don't want to stop reading because each chapter leaves you hanging for the next. The lives of each character draw you in closer and the tie-in is fabulous. Highly recommend for a quick, light read!!!
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Title: More Tales of the City (Showtime Tie-In Edition) by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060929383 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Further Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924926 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Significant Others by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924810 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Babycakes by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924837 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sure of You by Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0060924845 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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