The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, 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
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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.
ISBN: | 9781804994269 |
Publication date: | 7th March 2024 |
Author: | Armistead Maupin |
Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Transworld |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 288 pages |
Series: | Tales of the City |
Genres: |
Contemporary lifestyle fiction Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Sense of place Family Drama Humorous Fiction |