Madrigal's beloved apartment house on Russian Hill. No matter what Maupin writes next, he can look back on the rare achievement of having built a little world and made it run.”- Walter Kendrick, Village Voice Literary SupplementĪrmistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium. The nine classic comedies, some of which originally appeared as serials in San Francisco newspapers, won Maupin critical acclaim around the world and enthralled legions of devoted fans.īack to Barbary Lane comprises the second omnibus of the series- Babycakes (1984), Significant Others (1987), and Sure of You (1989)-continuing the saga of the tenants, past and present, of Mrs.
“Tearing through one after the other, as I did, allows instant gratification it also lets you appreciate how masterfully they're constructed. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels-the fourth, fifth and sixth of which are collected in this second omnibus volume-stand as an incomparable blend of great storytelling and incisive social commentary on American culture from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium.
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