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Since 1976, Maupin's Tales of the City has etched itself upon the hearts and minds of its readers, both straight and gay. From a groundbreaking newspaper serial in the San Francisco Chronicle to a bestselling novel to a critically acclaimed PBS series, Tales (all six of them) contains the universe--if not in a grain of sand, then in one apartment house.
Book Description
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed a singular trail through popular culture -- from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of six novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a wry comedy of manners and a deeply involving portrait of a vanished era.
Customer Reviews:
A Modern Day Classic.......2007-10-02
Armistead Maupin not only captures the zeitgeist of San Francisco in the '70s, but through his characters, carries us through moments of the human condition, seperate from time, place and gender.
Very interesting characters.......2007-09-01
This book really gets involved with individual characters which make it extremely interesting...All the different types that their paths meet and how different people can be but how they can all connect with one another in their own individual way. It is a very fun reading book. I enjoyed it.
A glimpse at a time and a place ..........2007-08-10
Every now and then an author is able to capture the "magic" - flavor may be a more accurate description - of a time and place. Armistead Maupin has done that in _Tales of the City_.
Set in San Francisco in the mid-1970's, the lives of his characters cross each other and intertwine. Originally written as a serial in the San Francisco _Chronicle_, it is reminiscent of Dickens: short vignettes with sharply drawn characters, plenty of drama and tension (sexual and otherwise) that frequently leave the reader with a cliff-hanger at the end of the chapter leaving you hungering for more.
The writing is witty (every few pages I was laughing out loud - much to the chagrin of those sitting around me at the coffee shop where I was reading most of the book), a bit irreverant (sexuality, gender, race and class are all targets of Maupin's pen), and utterly entertaining. I thorougly enjoyed the stories, and I highly recommend it.
Masterful comic soap.......2007-06-16
Centred on 28 Barbary Lane, San Francisco, the home of Anna Madrigal, Tales of the City chronicles the day to day life of Mrs Madrigal and her assorted tenants, along with their friends and colleagues. The eccentric Mrs Madrigal considers her residents as her family, leaves them notes accompanied by a joint and serves brownies suitably fortified. The residents include twenty five year old Mary Anne, a naïve young secretary newly arrived from Cleveland; Mona, a successful copywriter working for ad agency Halcyon Communications; Brian Hawkins, a randy waiter and one time lawyer in his thirties; and Michael (Mouse) Tolliver, a thoroughly likeable lively gay twink. Among the friends and colleagues, and very much part of the story are Edgar Halcyon, head of Halcyon Communications; and Beauchamp Day, his promiscuous son-in-law and business partner; along with their respective wives. By a remarkable series of coincidences the lives of residents, friends and acquaintances connect and interweave to comic effect.
Their escapades range from the devious to the outrageous, ruthless to movingly caring; their sexual interests/orientation from straight to gay, and not always necessarily consistent; the whole providing an hilarious and touching account full of adventure.
A thoroughly entertaining, funny and fast moving read, with some endearing and very likeable characters, I highly recommended it; and very much look forward to the subsequent developments in the many sequels.
The sun always shines on Barbary Lane.......2007-01-02
When you're sitting in a gloomy room in England with the sun having vanished months ago, there is nothing like re-reading the brilliant Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City' books. If you are new to these, they tell you all about the bohemian existence of some colourful and wonderful characters in historic San Francisco. The stories are wonderful and the books flow well into each other so that reading five in a row is actually quite easy and very rewarding. One of my favourite series I think.
Book Description
The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal. While Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement, Michael Tolliver looks for love at the National Gay Rodeo, DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track a charismatic psychopath across Alaska, and society columnist Prue Giroux loses her heart to a derelict living in San Francisco park.
Customer Reviews:
More bizarre action for the residents of Barbary Lane.......2007-07-13
Further tales of the City jumps forward a few years from More Tales of the City, but most of our favourite characters are still there; the residents of 28 Barbary Lane; Anna Madrigal's children. The improbable events and unlikely coincidences continue with unabated abandon, but this is part of the charm of the stories. But what holds the book together is the skilful way that Maupin involves all the regular characters in the main plot; and main plot there certainly is (with a Jonestown connection), a plot which keeps one guessing to the end.
It's every bit as good as and possibly even funnier than its predecessors; highly recommended.
I want to move to 28 Barbery Lane!.......2006-05-05
Oh those gay 70's days in San Francisco when "cherez la femme" ruled the original Pink Village. Armistead Maupin revealed a zany twist of relationships in the most liberal city during its most liberal times long before the late 90's tech boom. Tales of the City depicted just how much ahead of the times San Francisco has always been.
Not as good as the first two, but entertaining nonetheless.......2005-07-30
This novel picks up five years after "More Tales of the City". but it doesn't really pick up until the second half of the novel, when the plot revolves around the mysterious Luke, a homeless man with a shack in Golden Gate Park. Mona Ramsey is not in this one and Anna Madrigal is hardly seen until halfway through the novel. I was surprised, as Anna is the focal point of the series and my favorite of the characters.
The basic plot of this novel continues the storyline that began in "More Tales..." when DeeDee Halcyon Day ran off to Guyana to join members of the People's Temple in Jim Jones' nightmarish utopia. When "Further Tales..." begins, the massacre at Jonestown had happened, leaving DeeDee's mother severely depressed and lonely (her husband Edgar died at the end of "Tales of the City", her son-in-law died in "More Tales...", and now she's despondent that her daughter seems to have died as well). Mary Ann Singleton is now the host of a daytime show where she introduces classic movies; and her relationship with the womanizing Brian has grown into couplehood. Michael Tolliver, we discover, is no longer with Jon and living out his fantasy of hooking up with cops, movie stars, and construction workers.
This novel rests on the entire fallout of the Jim Jones tragedy and it kept me up late as I wanted to read chapter after chapter. Armistead continues his brilliant pacing, dialogue, and intriguing twists, all elements that make this, like the others, an addictive reading pleasure. By the end, the situation involving the kidnapping of children and a wild goose chase resolves itself in an interesting manner, reminding me a little bit about how the first novel ended. To reveal any more is to give away the surprises, so this is one you should read to discover for yourself. Ultimately though, I think "More Tales from the City" is the best of the three I've read and I found this one a pale imitation. I do plan to read the other three novels in this series, because the characters are people I can visualize and have come to know as friends I'd love to have. I only wish that Anna played a larger role in this one.
Further Tales of the City..........2004-10-07
This book started strong but couldn't continue. In my opionion, the ending was week and unpolished. It was as if the writer rushed his ideas and didn't take the time to come up with a creative ending to complement the beginning. However, I did like how the author created the various story lines. The reader doesn't constantly read about a character(s) because Maupin breaks them up by reverting to a new chapter that introduces a the storyline by which in the end they are all connect somehow.
BEWARE: This book does contains adult situations and material. Ex: marijuana smoking characters, homosexuality and lesbian relationships, reference to the Jim Jones and Jonesburg situation, kidnapping of adults and children, ect...
More fun with the tenants of 28 Barbary Lane.......2003-08-04
MORE TALES OF THE CITY by Armistead Maupin
MORE TALES OF THE CITY is volume two in a 6 book series by Armistead Maupin. This second book picks up where the first book, TALES OF THE CITY, left off. The focal point is the apartment building located at 28 Barbary Lane, in the heart of San Francisco. The books depict life and love in the town that Tony Bennett left his heart in. The reader gets involved with a number of esoteric characters, and some ordinary ones too, that have somehow found their lives tangled together in the late 1970's.
Mary Ann, who moved to San Francisco from the Midwest in TALES OF THE CITY, now sees SF as home. She and Michael (Mouse) have become good friends and they take off on a cruise together. Michael wants a lover, as does Mary Ann, and as they both happen to be two lonely adults they decide to hang out together and have fun in the sun. It's Mary Ann, however, that gets lucky on the cruise, although her new lover does have one problem: he has amnesia. Michael, in the mean time, is still pining away for his gynecologist love Jon, while Mary Ann and her boyfriend Burke get very cozy on the high seas.
Back home, Mrs. Madrigal, the landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, has a big secret that is revealed early on in the story. Her connections to her favorite tenant, Mona, and a prostitution house in Reno, seem rather far-fetched but it is one of the big shockers of TALES OF THE CITY.
Brian, another tenant, is in the midst of some weird love affair, where he makes contact with a woman in the building across the way while he spies on her with his binoculars. Who this woman ends up to be is another shocker.
The story of Dede Halcyon continues, and the mystery of D'orothea is also revealed, with her story and her relationship with her family gone into great detail. The two women become fast friends in this book, with the promise of future appearances in successive books.
The book comes to a bang of an ending with Mary Ann and her lover Burke trying to figure out who he really is, and this mystery leads them on a very wild adventure involving a cult!
MORES TALES OF THE CITY is yet another fun romp in the lives of these quirky people from 28 Barbary Lane. I enjoyed it as much as I did the first book, and am looking forward to reading the third book in the series, FURTHER TALES OF THE CITY. Armistead Maupin has a way of bringing these eccentric characters to life, which is the reason to read the rest of the series. Two thumbs up for MORE TALES OF THE CITY.
Book Description
Beth Lisick started out as a homecoming princess with a Crisco-aided tan and a bad perm. And then everything changed. How exactly did this suburban girl next door end up as one of San Francisco's foremost chroniclers of alternative culture, touring as the only straight woman with a band of punk rock lesbian poets and living in illegal warehouses -- all while managing to get married, buy a house, and have a baby? Lisick explains it all in her hilarious, irreverent memoir Everybody into the Pool.
Plunging headlong into America's deepest subcultures, while keeping both feet firmly planted in her parents' Leave It to Beaver values, Lisick makes her adult home on the fringe of mainstream culture and finds it rich with paradox and humor. On one hand, she lives in "Brokeley" with drug dealers and street gangs; on the other, she drives a station wagon with a car seat in the back, makes her own chicken stock, and attends ladies' luncheons.
Among Lisick's true tales are "My Way or the Bi-Way," in which a series of girl-on-girl fiascos from UC Santa Cruz confirm her suspicions that she's just a straight girl with a positive attitude who'd give anything the old college try; "The Lowly Hustle," in which she takes on a litany of odd jobs to make ends meet ("I was like a college student designing my own major, except I was thirty-five and designing my own minimum-wage job"); and the endearing story of her "courtship" with her now husband Eli, who impresses her with a spastic rendition of a song called "The Wack-Ass Caucasian Two Step Chicken" and invites her to his Mission District warehouse space -- a world of feral raccoons and exploding sewage pipes. (It's clear to Lisick that he's "The One.")
Fans of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell will relish Lisick's scathingly funny, smart, and very real take on the effluvia of daily living. No matter what community she's exposing to the light, Lisick's hilarious perspective always hits the right chord.
Customer Reviews:
Offbeat slice of life stories.......2006-11-06
Very enjoyable short stories with a unique view of growing up and living in northern California.
Totally disappointing........2006-11-04
If I could give anything lower than one star, I would - possibly even a MINUS 10.
I was totally disappointed, yet forced myself to finish the book. Had it not been for wanting to give a review here, I'd have stopped at page 24 with the pubic hair incident.
Had Everyone Into The Pool been fiction, it would have been different, but it's unimaginable (to me) that anyone could possibly tell such disgusting things about herself, her friends, and family, and act as though she's proud of it all.
This is one of, if not the, most disgusting books I've ever run across. The last chapter, about her poor baby, was sickening. I'm surprised she was never visited by CPS (Children's Protective Services) - or maybe she was. (But I doubt it, because I'm sure if she had been, she'd have been bragging about it, too.)
I can't imagine anyone in their right mind not seeing how filthy and uncared for this little guy was.
Even when the light finally went on in her head about the horrible condition of her pathetic, only months' old son, Gus, it didn't appear to make that much difference to her, and she didn't try to clean up the poor little guy or get rid of his cradle cap, but rather, she "...just kept walking, slipping Gus into this big, smelly fabric pouch around my neck called a sling."
She walked like that for hours, up hill after hill, triggering memories.
Hopefully she's learned since then, and has, or will have it, written in another book. I will not be reading that book to find out, however.
Unfortunately I bought this one from the author, at our local Writer's Conference, where she was the keynote speaker. What a disappointment the book was, especially after listening to Beth's inspiring words at the conference.
I'm just glad she didn't have any other books there to sell, or I'd have wasted even more money.
Just as an aside, it's inconceivable to me how anyone could read this book and actually like it, as has been evidenced by all of the glowing reviews given by other posters.
Maybe it's the age thing (I'm over 65), or the same as those who are Democrats, and those who are Republicans having totally opposite views of things. It's bewildering to me.
Quirky, honest and very funny memoir.......2006-09-07
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (08/06)
I found "Everybody into the Pool" to be quirky, extremely honest and very funny. Beth Lisick is a natural storyteller who describes her life in a way that most of us only wish we could. Lisick developed this amazing sense of humor while growing up in a normal "Leave it to Beaver" household during the 1960's and 1970's sexual revolution. Her tales span from idolizing her "hippie" babysitter to chronicling San Francisco's alternative lifestyles.
Lisick laughs at herself as she describes her early transformation from geeky kid to ultra tanned homecoming queen in high school while wearing an oversized puffy sleeved plaid fashion disaster with royal blue, lime green, canary yellow, and bright pink with just a touch of purple. From there her stories lead through college to her beliefs in her own sexuality. Her total honesty in the Chapter "My Way or the Bi Way" where she believes she is bi-sexual is definitely not for the conservative reader. Lisick's experience with a woman was described as "There's no doubt I enjoyed myself, but it was similar to the way I enjoyed waterskiing for the first time or eating uni. I jumped in with a positive attitude, realizing it was an activity beloved by millions, but it didn't exactly push me over the edge."
Always underpaid, living on the edge of poverty, even working as a giant banana, Lisick's describes her artsy life on the fringe of San Francisco's counter culture. During her dives into this culture she finally meets her husband, Eli, in the chapter titled "The One". Eli is a product of a homosexual father and lesbian mother who are very open about their sexuality. Of course, Beth takes this in stride and really likes the family. Not surprisingly. It turns out that Eli is a poor musician living illegally in a Mission District warehouse in a drug infested neighborhood. After Lisick moves all of her things into this warehouse, the sewage pipes from the residential hotel above them explode, sending excrement and toilet paper all over her things. This leads her to decide that Eli really is "The One".
The litany continues describing her first home purchase in a drug infested neighborhood to motherhood. I especially enjoyed the chapter "Little Bundle of Entropy". She had me laughing as she lives life in the counterculture while cooking, driving a station wagon and being a mom. I really believe that Beth is the way to the top, and of course her arrival there will be on her terms. I would love to see her do an HBO or Comedy Channel special. For a good light read, you don't want to miss "Everybody into the Pool".
Hipper than thou poseur. Gag me........2006-01-09
This book was loaned to me by an acquaintance who borrowed the book from the library and thought I'd like it because I'm from SF and I'm edgy. Whatever.
Okay so Beth Lisick is cooler than you. And she's gonna pound that into you over and over again so you KNOW it. She was cool just out of diapers. She "hung out" with her babysitter who was a hippie! Her parents were so "square" that they were cool! (Hey, it's hip to be square, remember?)
And she has an astounding memory. She can remember-at age 4--that it was on a Thursday that something in particular happened. Right.
She's so cool that she was a track star AND homecoming queen, er, princess...but it didn't matter to her, because she's so cool, you see. So she wore an ugly dress because she was too cool to care. Right.
She's so effin cool that when she works with some nuns at a charity auction and they aren't paying attention and she COULD get away with stealing a lot of loose cash that's around she only takes the $40 that she needs and no more and still feels some guilt. Now that's cool, right?
She's so cool she never had to borrow a penny from her wealthy folks. But her dad helped her buy a house. But it was in the "bad" part of Berkeley--really close to Oakland--so she's still cool, see? And there were, get this, DRUG DEALERS on her block! And they knew her name! And it was all just so effin COOL!
Every time she mentions that she spent big bucks on her yuppy life style she apologizes for it, to be sure you know she's not just some kind of a sell-out or something.
Oh yeah, and she's a name dropper. And her brother made a name for himself in advertising and is rich.
And her lifestyle is cooler than yours because she chose to live on temp jobs and be "poor" and arty.
Does everyone see that she's an ARTIST and will never just be normal or want to be? See? See? See? She even thought she might be a LESBIAN!!!! Now if that's not counter-culture what is? Wow.
Good grief. People I've known who are like Lisick are the worst kind of poseurs.
Oh yeah, and she's a MOM, but she's a COOL mom whose baby isn't yuppified because he's snotty (and she wipes his snot off with her hair at one point! Isn't that COOL?) and dirty and dressed all funky and weird. So you know she's an artist.
Please. Spare me this...
Exceptionally well-developed and revealing essays about life in San Francisco.......2005-12-26
Lisick is a suburban girl turned alternative lifestyle writer. She's not overly hip, nor is she snarky about her involvement in counterculture. In fact, she envies other alternative magazine writers, all while living an authentic month-to-month existence in San Francisco. Her essays are well-developed, more than just brief snapshots, and she's not afraid to reveal all.
Lisick delves into her date with the prom king when she was a naive 14-year-old, her days living in a dilapidated warehouse in a seedy neighborhood, her attempts to become bisexual and free (even when it wasn't turning her on), working at a Catholic fundraiser, days spent in church haughtily reciting the Apostles' Creed from memory, and, finally, mothering a 3-month-old son. The essays are funny and feel a bit like a wicked delight. I'd love to read more from Lisick.
Book Description
A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin.
Customer Reviews:
New Beginnings.......2007-10-21
The Tales of The City series comes to a bittersweet, and for some devoted fans of the series, startling conclusion with Sure Of You. Maupin does have his characters and the readers who have grown to love them face some hard truths. Dramatic changes occur and old bonds are broken, but after all the upheaval, new possibilities emerge and what had seemed to be a sobering conclusion transforms into a promising new beginning.
Some cynics have claimed this is the book that turns the likeable and ambitious character of Mary Ann Singleton into a driven and cold-hearted monster. These cynical readers are wrong and have missed the nuances of Maupin's story. Admittedly, Maupin is particularly kind in his portrayal of Mary Ann; however, he is not entirely unforgiving and we can sympathize to some degree with her choices and the desires that drive them. Mary Ann does make some decisions which deeply wound those she loves and her behavior is sometimes selfish; however, there is never callousness in her actions nor does she lack regret. Furthermore, the choices she makes are driven by a desire to change a life that has fallen into a dark and unhappy rut, which she believes she can only escape by taking a new direction she hopes will finally lead to true happiness for herself, and eventually for Brian. At the end of the novel, while nothing will be the same, new bonds have been forged, some old bonds have been renewed and strengthened, and where some bonds have been severed, there remains the promise of reconciliation between two old friends.
Moving on.......2007-06-06
This is a toughie. This is Maupin's most beautifully written entry in the "Tales" series (owing partly to the fact that it was not originally written as a serial), but it's also the most disappointing. To this day, I'm still a bit confused as to why Maupin made Mary Ann turn out the way she did. Over the years, the more people I've talked to, the more I realized I wasn't alone. Some said Mary Ann was never quite the character we perceived her to be from the start but if that's so, why did so many feel so let down by her? Maybe Maupin's ideas of her and the reader's perception never matched from Book 1. Perhaps things would be different had Maupin not had Mary Ann be the first character introduced. We see San Francisco through her eyes, and we identify with her. What's that say about us when she ends up cold and unfeeling?
Time hasn't helped the case for the book either. Once the miniseries came out and Laura Linney became THE Mary Ann, it's even harder to read this final book. In the end, the fact that this book's still has people talking 18 years after it's release shows how much we grew to love these characters. This book is full of sadness, but also hope. Michael has AIDS and San Francisco is a different place than it was only a decade earlier, but we get glimmers of the new activism that rose out of the AIDS crisis, and would eventually help fuel the "gay 90s."
I am glad that Maupin will have a new book out soon that, while not officially a Tales book with its multi-character stories, will feature some of the old gang; it's been much too long. "Sure of You" may have been the end of the series but it's a classy, sad, depressing, troubling, frustrating and great finale.
IS THIS THE END???.......2007-02-17
After reading all of the comments on SURE OF YOU (TOTC, #6), I was a little reluctant to read it. I hadn't even finished reading BABYCAKES(TOTC, #4) yet, and I couldn't wait to get to the sixth and final book of the series, so I peaked at the reviews.
I know, bad move--I should have waited. Well, I finished books 4 and 5 and so, with a deep breath, plunged into book 6.
Needless to say, all of Maupin's engaging writing style is still there along with all the characters we TALES OF THE CITY fans have grown to love.
But, I have to disagree with other fans that say it wasn't a fairy tale ending. It was a fairy tale ending for each of the characters, according to their own stories, being that they got what they wanted...but it wasn't the fairy tale ending I wanted.
As far as Mary Anne becoming a hated character, I don't hate her. Was I ready for what was to come? No...but I understand it.
Perhaps this is what makes Maupin's TALES...series so endearing, because the stories are about people, life and change. And unfortunately people grow apart, life around us changes, and nothing stays the same.
I know this is the final TOTC book and even though MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES is coming out in June '07, Maupin says it won't be TOTC #7. Hopefully, he'll reconsider that or at least write a TOTC #7.
So, if you've read TOTC up to book 5, then you might as well read the last one. No, it won't be the ending you would want or even expect, but at least you'll get closure.
Mary Ann Singleton - the heroine who betrayed Barbery Lane.......2006-05-08
Mary Ann Singleton first saw San Francisco at 25, everyone fell in love with the midwest transplant, but then when fame and ambition made her betray those closest to her ... she ran to New York and away from it all. It was characteristic of the ultimate lesson of the 80's. While the Tales of the City characters galavanted around in adventure during the 1970's ... the 80's greed and ambition transformed TV star Mary Ann into a cruel yuppie. Ending the saga ... culiminating in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and Mary Ann abandoning all those who supported her throughout the years. Tales began and ended with Mary Ann ... and it was all just bittersweet.
Not a fairytale ending just painfully realistic.......2005-06-09
The residents of 28 Barbary Lane first came into my life in 1991 and they've remained firmly amongst my favourite literary characters of all time. Having read several reviews of "Sure of You" expressing feelings of disappointment and betrayal, I felt I had to chip in with my "twopenny" worth.
The evolution of all of the main characters (guided by Maupin's prodigiously talented hand) is achingly believable and, I for one think that, as an epilogue, "Sure of You" hits exactly the right notes. The many Mary Ann fans out there who felt particularly let down are maybe in need of a reality check. Look at what has happened to these people in the 12 tumultuous years from 1976 to 1988. How can we realistically expect the warm, cosy, fun-loving and uncomplicated world of the "20somethings" in "Tales" to be untouched by the passage of time as they approach middle age. Mary Ann, in spite of flashes of good, was always an essentially selfish character (very early on she dropped the flaky, but undeniably good-hearted, Connie like a hot potato once she had no more use for her and her apartment). She only really began to warm to Brian once she found out he was an ex-lawyer giving a very early indication that social standing meant a great deal to her. By book three she was well on her way up the greasy pole and woe be-tide anyone who crossed her. The lusty, heart on his sleeve, happy-go-lucky Brian seemed always pre-destined to be left behind in her wake. None of these observations are to her credit but nor do they make her a monster, just a believable human being of the "ambitious, go-getting type" - a type, incidentally, often highly prized by a Society where people who don't achieve materially seem to be routinely referred to as "losers." Mary Ann achieved fame and fortune and I should hazard a guess that those two things change people for the worse far more often than for the better.
I absolutely agree that the last installment made for uneasy reading, but to rate this excellently written book as a one star turkey just because you don't like the direction of the story and development of the characters seems a little absurd.
Well done Armistead Maupin for so effectively holding up a mirror to our collective faces. Let's not blame him if we don't like everything we see in it. In any case Michael, Mrs M and Brian are as likeable in the last book as they are in the first - Brian perhaps more so.
I only hope Michael Mouse made it (I suspect, however, that it was unlikely that he would). The Tales Anthology is not a fairy story with a happy ending (watch the Wizard of Oz if you want that). It's simply a brilliant series of books with some of the richest characters and best dialogue ever put into print.
Book Description
"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."
--New York Times Book Review
Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer and the world's most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin's cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia.
"Comedy in its most classical form...some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read."
--The Guardian
"The color is wonderful, the line bold and flowing. It is also wise, witty, loving and caring about the foibles and frailties we all seem to have."
--David Hockney
Customer Reviews:
Summer camp.......2007-06-29
Armistead Maupin is a famously misplaced Southern writer. Mary Ann is a talk show hostess. Brian Hawkins is her husband. The couple and their daughter, Shawna, have moved from Anna Madrigal's 28 Barbary Lane rental to the Summit.
Brian asks Mrs. Madrigal if his nephew Jed may stay in his old apartment. Wren Douglas feels that hotel rooms are the best part of a book tour. The fat woman, Wren Douglas, is to be a guest on Mary Ann's show. (One of the segments of the show is called Latchkey Kitchen.) Brian's nephew Jed is careerist. Brian sees that in twenty years things have changed radically.
DeDe's twins are called Edgar and Anna. She wants to take them to Wimminwood, a women's festival. Her mother's husband is going to Bohemian Grove at the same time. This is very much a case of writing about an ensemble. In addition to Mrs. Madrigal, Michael Tolliver, a character from the earlier books in the series appears.
One of the employees of Michael's nursery business, Polly, attends Wimminwood and runs into DeDe there. In another instance Michael and Wren are described talking about DeDe's stepfather, Booter Manigault. Michael tells Wren that his friend delivered DeDe's children, Booter's step grandchildren. DeDe tells Polly that she had been someone who joined the People's Temple in Guyana. One farcical scene ensues after Booter's canoe drifts over to the other camp, Wimminwood.
The beauty of the books in this series is that with some rough, deft, and astute strokes setting out the characters the author is able to portray the humor incident to their clash of interests and wills.
I Only Wish It Were Longer.......2006-11-07
I've loved all of Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" books, but this one holds a special place in my heart because of the wonderful juxtoposition of the Bohemian Grove and the Wimmin's Music Weekend.
Different Time...different people........2006-10-19
When I first started reading Significant Others, I didn't think I would like it. First off, two of the residents of Barbary Lane moved to another place, which kind of broke up the family feel of the story. The time is supposed to be either '85 or '86 and there is one main character who seems to be regulated to the background (I'm not talking about Mona).
But as I kept on reading, the story lines sucked me back in. Maupin is a great story teller that keeps the reader hooked, even though the time is different, places are different, and the beloved characters are different. Remember, the story takes place nine or ten years after we've been introduced to the Barbary Lane family, and they're not the same people they were in '76.
I'm not going to give away any secrets from SO. Just know that although the story and characters have evolved, Barbary Lane retains that human interaction/warmth(?) element, which seems to be the thread linking all of the Tales of the City books together.
But on the other hand, SO does feel like a "darker" book. Perhaps it's because the characters have grown up. Maybe it's because they've become cynical. Maybe it was the disease that was devouring the city. Or maybe, I feel that SO is darker because I know it's the second to the last of the TOTC series...and the realization that nothing lasts forever, finally hit me.
A lyrical account of gay San Francisco.......2006-05-06
This was the one that tackled the effect of AIDS on the gay community in San Francisco. When Dr. John Fielding dies it was a significant marker to the era that San Francisco became renowned for. Still comedic but always heart endearing ... Maupin makes anyone yearn for the City by the Bay.
Oh dear........2004-06-26
What a shame - more wonderful characters either being under-used or over-abused. I really wish I hadn't read this book.
Book Description
"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."
--New York Times Book Review
When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first work of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.
"Armistead is a true original. His tales are bang up-to-date. They will surprise and maybe even shock you, but, I promise, they will make you laugh."
--Ian McKellen
"Maupin has a genius for observation. His characters have the timing of vaudeville comics, flawed by human frailty and fueled by blind hop."
--Denver Post
"Armistead Maupin's San Francisco saga careens beautifully on."
-- New York Times Book Review
Customer Reviews:
A darker time begins.......2007-06-18
A lot of readers consider this the beginning of the darker "Tales" books, but that's only half-true. "Babycakes" does go into darker territory, reflecting the changes happening in San Francisco, but the following book in the "Tales" series, "Significant Others" is lighter and has some classic moments. Maupin has said he could not ignore what was happening in the gay community at the time, and who can blame him? To have written another "Tales" story set in 1983 and not mention the AIDS crisis would have been silly. Yes, we liked our SF stories light, but the books never shied away from cultural commentary.
That said, I will be honest and say "Babycakes" is my least favorite of the "Tales" series. It's not because of the mention of AIDS (plus, Maupin's writing in this book is even stronger then before), it's partly because of the grayness. This book seems to be set in perpetual rainfall, drizzle, overcast skies. This also reflects on the characters (Mary Ann and Brian even have gray industrial carpet) and their actions.
But my biggest problem of all with the novel is the character of Simon. Maupin has always written cleverly and often, we have no idea where a story will end up (as seen in this same book when Michael discovers Mona in the UK), but with Simon, the reader knows exactly where the story's going. There's no fun mystery, and indeed, only a last minute (but highly, HIGHLY implausible) revelation by Simon gives this a tiny moment of the unexpected. Simon also never comes alive as a character as do other new characters introduced in the book (like Wilfred and Teddy) and may as well walk around with "plot device" on his shirt.
On the plus side, it's great to see Mona again. If you're not happy with this book, just remember it's not the end of the Barbary Lane gang so just see it as a book of character growth and development and wish them well for their next adventure.
Maupin's Magical San Francisco.......2006-05-06
Mrs. Madrigal and her team of tenants continue to reveal the wacky and zany "only in San Francisco" adventures on Barbery Lane. If New York was the haven for the Mid-West "oddballs" ... San Francisco was the paradise for every "oddball" in the world. Psychedelic without apology, rebellious with a cause, exerpimental without limit, Tales of the City's Babycakes are yet another chapter in the social commentary of the most beautiful and most "dancing to the beat of their own drum" city in the world.
Very disappointing.......2004-06-26
After reading and loving the first 3 "Tales of the City" books, I couldn't wait to read this book. What a terrible shame - I started to hate characters that I'd fallen in love with, and had considered them my extended fictional family. I just hope this isn't made into a movie too, or even more fans will be disappointed.
Beautiful, quirky, diverse, magical Baghdad by the Bay.......2003-06-27
The late, great SF Chronicle columnist Herb Caen coined the term Baghdad by the Bay for the city that captured his heart, San Francisco. And Armisted Maupin peopled his Tales of the City series (first serialized in the Chronicle in 1976) with a huge assortment of eccentric, quirky, diverse characters that capture your heart and keep you reading, reading, reading even when you know you should have turned off the light hours ago. Babycakes, in which ambitious Mary Ann (the wide-eyed innocent from the Midwest through whose eyes we earlier came to see an ingenue's view of live and love in the City) has a baby, was the first work of fiction to recognize the scourge of AIDS in SF.
Drop dead funny, bittersweet, and enchanting, Babycakes dangles intricate and outrageously interwoven plot threads in front of the readers, and it all just makes you want more, more, more.
Another good read from Maupin.......2001-07-15
Yet another series of adventures for the delightful characters that populate Maupin's books, this time with a bittersweet twist: the reality of AIDS. Because Maupin's Tales of the City books are generally so lighthearted, zany and playful, when the story opens with Michael mourning his lover, it hits pretty hard.
Despite the slight bittersweetness, this installment of the series features all of Maupin's signature flourishes and his wonderful sense of humor.
If your looking for light, breezy stories and likable characters you couldn't find anywhere but San Francisco, then buy this series of books and get started reading. You'll quickly get addicted. For those of you San Franciscans past and present who've never read Maupin, he's worth a look. If nothing else his books will make you remember why San Francisco was once such an interesting and fun place to live and what's sorely missing from it today!
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"These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios. The reader starts playing the old childhood game of 'Just one more chapter and I'll turn out the lights,' only to look up and discover it's after midnight."
-- Charles Solomon, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels--the first three of which are collected in the is omnibus edition--have earned a unique niche in American literature, not only as matchless entertainment, but as indelible documents of cultural change in the seventies and eighties.
When originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle, Tales of the City (1978), More Tales of the City (1980) and Futher Tales of the City (1982) afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.
Among the cast of this groundbreaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brain Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal.
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through mail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
With a foreword by the author.
Customer Reviews:
754 Pages of Absolute Reading Bliss!.......2007-05-29
I read the "Tales of the City", "More Tales of the City", and "Further Tales of the City" when they were originally published. After receiving this omnibus as a gift it sat on my shelf for several years as I had no interest because I had already read them. I recently read an article on Armistead Maupin where it stated that there is a new novel on the market that brings us up to date on Michael (probably one of my favorite characters) and how he is doing these days. At that point I thought, I am going to revisit the original three novels. What a treat! They were even better this time around. Maupin has developed such rich characters in this series, re-reading them was like one terrific long visit with some old friends. Everything about the characters, the situations (for the most part) are so true to life. Michael, Mary Ann, Mrs. Madrigal, Brian, Jon, Mona, D'Or and the list goes on and on are probably some of the best characters ever written. I have never watched the movie versions of these stories, but why would you want to when the words of the book jump off the page and it is so marvelously well written. If you haven't read the books before, don't miss out ~ if you have read them in the past, take some time to revisit some wonderful friends... I am sure you'll be as glad to see them as I was.
AS WONDERFUL NOW AS WHEN IT WAS NEW.......2007-04-15
I'm re-reading this in anticipation of the newest additon to the series. I loved it when it was new, and I love it now. Now that I'm older, I appreciate it more.
Why many of our hearts are left in San Francisco.......2006-05-08
Tales of the City fans will LOVE this Omnibus ... and the collected memories that chroncile the lives of the bubbly Barbery Lane residents. A very much "made in San Francisco" collage of characters, plot line, situations, and comedic twists of a freer time.
A Look Back.......2004-10-20
Armistead Maupin wasn't the only gay writer active in the 70's, but his "Tales of the City" books were among the most popular reads. Beginning as a newspaper column, Maupin had the idea to allow reads to direct the story to a certain extent. They would write in to tell him how the story should go, and he would decide which idea he liked best. So I've heard, at least.
These books are filled with rich characters. Mr. Maupin was excellent at drawing readers into his stories by making sure that the people one found in them were people one would want to know. They seemed not only real in that they were multi-faceted personalities of their own, but real in that they were surrounded by the events and culture of the 70's, which were beautifully captured.
Someone reading the books now, when stumbling across a reference to LeCar or Jim Jones, will be transported back in time. Readers not old enough to remember the 70s will get a good glimpse of what gay culture was like then... or a part of it, at least.
Maupin's characters experience situations that just about everyone can relate to. There are also situations that are extraordinary, but it's the day to day that make Mouse, Anna Madrigal and the rest seem like the folks who live next door. The "28 Barbary Lane" volume includes the first three books in the series. It's a wonderfully rich read. Not complicated or highbrow, perhaps, but not all stories should be. This is one of those "curl up next to the fire" books and I can't imagine my collection being without it.
I wanna live at 28 Barbary Lane........2003-04-27
Having the first three books in the "Tales of the City" series all in one place is a huge convenience as I am continually reading them. There is an absurd joy I get whenever I read these stories. Please understand, I realize these characters are fictional, but I so want to be friends with them and take part in their bizarre adventures. Maupin has a very minimalist writing style. The chapters are rarely more than three pages long, and in some cases almost entirely dialogue; yet somehow Maupin is able to create a world so real I feel I know these character intimately.
What makes this collection so wonderful is that it does not contain the final three books in the series. It helps to maintain my delusion that the last three book simply don't exist and the action stops at the end of book three. I highly recommend this collection.
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FAST PACED (AND HORRIFIC) START..........2006-01-16
But then the story seems to lag. This story starts out with the brutal murder of an entire family, and Masterton clearly shows why he is one of the true masters of horror; but the story slows down, and it was difficult to finish this one. This is not one of Masterton's best works, BUT it is still a good novel.
Gory to an extreme............2005-08-22
Action began in the beginning. Serial killings are happening in the San Francisco area are not any ordinary killings...they are actual rituals done with extreme caution as to bring about the resurrection of the fallen angel Beli Ya'al.
Larry Foggia is called in to solve the bizarre and downright horrible murders only to find something his mortal mind could no longer fathom....
This is another (need I say it?) great book by the MASTER of horror. I recommend this book to all horror fans along with all his other books.
Begins effectively, but then it's all downhill.......2003-01-22
MASTER OF LIES is not one of Masterton's best. The opening chapter is TOO effective, one of the scariest thing's I've ever read. It begins with a man in a horned mask bursting into a police officer's family's apartment and nailing them to the floorboards, raping the wife and ends with the man about to kill their children. It takes a lot to scare me, but the first time I read the opening chapter of this book I was nearly sick; I was amazed that this could actually get published.
Anyhow, this act of sadism is part of a ritual to raise a demon known as Belial. Cop Larry Foggia is assigned the task of capturing the monster who killed his partner.
Unfortunately, after Masterton nearly scares you to death with chapter one, it's all downhill from there. He's written some great books, but this isn't one of his best in my opinion. But if you think nothing can scare you, just read the opener. This book is also known as BLACK ANGEL.
Enthralling, Yet Absurd At Times.......2003-01-20
"Master of Lies" opens with a rather gruesome murder scene--of the Berry family being ritualistically killed by the Fog City Satan, a man who has killed five families in California so far in order to resurrect Belial (aka Beli Ya'al), a fallen angel. If you can get through this first chapter, then you can probably make it through the rest of the book.
Thirty-eight-year-old Detective Larry Foggia is assigned to the case because of his unconventional methods of solving crimes. His investigation leads him into the occult--seances, talking hands, shrinking people, and the like. But as he delves deeper into the supernatural, his life and soul--including those of his family--become greatly at risk of being taken by Belial.
Generally, I don't like reading books that have extremely long chapters (this one averages about 37 pages a chapter), but once I started "Master of Lies" I couldn't put it down, probably because of the graphic first chapter. The beginning half of the book is enthralling, but as the story progresses, it began to get a little absurd, i.e., magically-shrinking women; so I had to give it a 4-star rating instead of a 5. However, I'd still recommend this book to Masterton fans, as well as Dean Koontz fans who are into the supernatural horror genre.
Brutal and ghastly horror.......2002-06-18
Homicide detective Larry Foggia has a real problem on his hands. So does the entire city of San Francisco. A serial killer is on the loose and he kills with such violence and cruelty he is dubbed "The Fog City Satan". In the killer's twisted mind, he is sacrificing people to raise an ancient demon who will give him immortal powers. Unfortunately for Larry Foggia and all of humanity, his plan is working. Beneath the city, a dark God imprisoned for centuries is about to take over the throne of humanity. He is The Master of Lies and the oceans will fill with blood when he rises from his tomb... Graham Masterton is one of the absolute masters of horror fiction. Nobody can touch his imagination and ability to scare readers. Even though I'm a huge horror fan, the first chapter of this book was so saddistic and bloody, I was almost afraid to keep reading. Highly recommended to horror fans who think they can't be shocked or scared anymore.
Book Description
"An old fashioned pleasure... there's been nothing like it since the heyday of the serial novel 100 years ago... Tearing through [the tales] one after the other, as I did, allows instant gratification; it also lets you appreciate how masterfully they're constructed. 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 Supplement
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City series stands as an incomparable blend of great storytelling and incisive social commentary. These six classic comedies, some of which originally appeared as serials in San Francisco newspapers, have won Maupin critical acclaim around the world and enthralled legions of devoted fans.
Back to Barbary Lane comprises the second trilogy of the series--Babycakes (1984), Significant Others (1987), and Sure of You (1989) -- concluding the saga of the tenants, past and present, of Mrs. Madrigal's beloved apartment house on Russian Hill. While the first trilogy celebrated the carefree excesses of the seventies, this volume tracks its hapless, all-to-human cast across a decade troubled by plague, deceit and overweening ambition.
Like its companion volume, 28 Barbary Lane, Back to Barbary Lane is distinguished by what The Guardian of London has called "some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read." It promises hours of literate entertainment for readers old and new.
With a foreword by the author.
Customer Reviews:
Another Outstanding Read from Armistead!.......2007-09-23
I previously reviewed the first omnibus of Tales of the City (see my reviews). I had already read the first three novels and read the first omnibus as a re-visitation. I had not read the three novels that are a part of this compilation previously but I really wanted to take the time to do so as I am anxious to read Mr. Maupin's new installment "Michael Tolliver Lives". "Back To Barbary Lane" wasn't as pleasing to me as "28 Barbary Lane" but by no means was it not enjoyable. I loved the continuation of the lives of the characters from the first three installments as they progressed through these novels. I look forward to reading the new intallment as I am anxious to see what new turns Michael's life takes. The Tales of The City novels are a wonderful read and I recommend them very highly.
I'm sorry I have never read "Tales of the City".......2007-06-03
It's true. I have never read "Tales of the City," I am ashammed to say. I saw the PBS mini-series the very first time it was on the air in 1993 or 94. After it was over, I rush out and bought both Omnibus editions of "Tales" and started with "More Tales of the City." I love all the books I have read and even the one I have not. I know it has been said many times before, but the central characters in these books become like family and you care about what happens to them. The characters grow and mature. And just like family, not always in the way you would like them to.
I am preparing to start reading the books again, and to read "Tales" for the first time in preparation for the release of "Michael Tolliver Lives." And this may sound silly, but I am a little nervous about the new book. It is that same nervous anticipation you have when you are about to see an old friend for the first time in 20 years. What are they like now? How have they changed? Are they still the same person I remember? June 12, 2007 can not get here soon enough for me, so that I can find out.Michael Tolliver Lives
Loved them then,! Love them now!.......2007-04-15
I loved these stories when they were new. I am rereading these works now in anticipation of Maupin's new addtion to the series. These stories are wonderful and will touch your heart.
Stop at "Further Tales of the City.".......2003-04-27
What Armistead Maupin spent three books building up, he spends three books knocking down. I was made to care so much for these characters that reading the final three books in the series is like listening to someone bad mouth your family. Everything that I loved about the first three books (the absurdity, the strange innocence, the surrogate family the characters have created for themselves) is gone. In all honesty, my main problem is that the story and the characters simply don't do what I want them to do. The characters simply don't seem to like each other anymore. I realize Maupin was in a very different place in his life when he wrote the final books, but I just didn't enjoy reading them. It's remarkably childish, but in my mind the series ends with book three.
The first three novels get five stars from me, straight across the board. The final three novels with this collection, get about a three. "Babycakes" is pretty good, "Significant Others" is just okay, "Sure of You" is quite bad.
Loved the first one..........2003-04-26
I read "Tales of the City" the way a dog reads a bone. I devoured the book in a single sitting and then began a frantic search for my car keys so I could buy the next installment. I love the first three, like the fourth, tolerated the fifth, hated the sixth. The final book seems intent on destroying the magic the earlier books created. Partly it's because the story and characters didn't do what I wanted them to do, but mostly because Maupin seems to have developed a hatred for some of these characters. It's like listening to someone bad mouth your family. I re-read the first three all the time. I'll never read the sixth one again.
Book Description
The rich tradition of the San Francisco Giants has provided indelible memories for their fans ever since the franchise shifted from the Polo Grounds to Seals Stadium in 1958. The clu & has been blessed with a plethora of superstars from Willie Mays to Barry Bonds, along with colorful characters like John Montefusco and Jeffrey Leonard. Tales from the Giant's Dugout captures some of the humorous, interesting and poignant moments of the team's 45 years on the West Coast, from the excitement of the intense rivalry with the Dodgers, to bad-blood incidents, to the numerous highlights which comprise the vivid history of the franchise. From cozy Seals Stadium to beautiful Pacific Bell Park - and Candlestick Park, that much-maligned stop in between - the Giants have provided thrills and chills for their fans. Tales from the Giants Dugout will relive the magic and tragic moments of the franchise with stories involving Hall of Famers Willie McCovey, Juan Martichal, Orlando Cepeda, Gaylord Perry.
Customer Reviews:
Nice Collection of Stories.......2004-07-08
This book is written by a man who has covered the Giants professionally for over 40 years and he's done a nice job of compiling stories and anecdotes about the team since its move to San Francisco in 1958. There are stories from the 1960s through the 1990s, detailing the Giants' successes and failures, their post season history and how close they've come to winning it all, only to have it end in frustration. There are stories about Candlestick, truly one of the most miserable places to endure watching a Giants' game, and also stories about the team's great stars: Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry, and yes Barry Bonds. Stories abound too about the Giants-Dodgers rivalry, including the 1962 playoffs and the infamous Juan Marichal- John Roseboro incident.
This book is a fast and enjoyable read, one any Giants fan will love.
Giants book done right.......2004-06-22
Ever since Bonds hit 73, the shelves have been littered with hastily-written garbage taking advantage of the Bonds phenomenon. This isn't one of them. An engaging, lively read, the author brings you right into the dugout. Wonderful!
A RICH HISTORY.......2004-05-12
The Giants have given their fans many thrills, and this book describes some of the most nostalgic of their days.
STEVEN TRAVERS
Author of "Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman".
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