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: Armistead Maupin
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9781804994269
Local Description
March 2024
New cover
Description
The second novel in the belovedTales of the Cityseries, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.
'Entertains, illuminates... A cultural touchstone that has enlarged our understanding of the varieties of human behavior'Washington Post ____________________
The tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cosy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger, Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelgänger in a desert whorehouse, and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favourite gynaecologist in a Mexican bar. Meanwhile, their venerable landlady takes the biggest journey of all--without ever leaving home.
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
