More Tales Of The City : Tales of the City 2

Author: Maupin, Armistead

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Published on 1 September 2000 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Tales of the City' series.

Paperback | 288 pages
198 x 128 x 19 | 204g

The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupins best-selling San Francisco saga.

Entertains, illuminates A cultural touchstone that has enlarged our understanding of the varieties of human behavior Washington PostThe 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 doppelgnger 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 allwithout 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.