Mary Ann in Autumn

The brilliant new episode in the magical Tales of the City series

Informationen zum Autor Armistead Maupin is the author of Tales of the City, More Tales of the City , Further Tales of the City , Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener . Three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner. For more information on Armistead Maupin and his books, see his website at www.armisteadmaupin.com Klappentext The latest novel in the bestselling "Tales Of The City" series, following the success of the recent volume "Michael Tolliver Lives". Now over 30 years old, the series has sold over a million copies. 'The cultural references are still fresh... The characters still compelling.' "Independent On Sunday" Zusammenfassung The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga. 'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced' Salon A touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City the reunion that fans of Maupin's beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years. 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 a sexually-liberated San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers. ...

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The brilliant new episode in the magical Tales of the City series

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Armistead Maupin is the author of Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener. Three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

For more information on Armistead Maupin and his books, see his website at www.armisteadmaupin.com

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The latest novel in the bestselling "Tales Of The City" series, following the success of the recent volume "Michael Tolliver Lives". Now over 30 years old, the series has sold over a million copies. 'The cultural references are still fresh... The characters still compelling.' "Independent On Sunday"

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The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City **series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.

'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced' *Salon
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A touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City the reunion that fans of Maupin's beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years.

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 a sexually-liberated San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.