It is concise, like 'Vile Bodies' and perhaps in that same realm of Evelyn Waugh-type social satire. It is uproarious and uber-funny! It stars the cute Mary Ann Singleton (think a more modern Holly Golightly-but less of a prostitute) & a vibrant array of costars. What did I do between finishing this novel and writing its review? I ordered 'More Tales of the City' & 'Further Tales of the City' on ebay- I'm THAT invested/confident that they'll match this one! Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

Tales will be directed by Jason Moore ( Avenue Q and Shrek). He is currently writing a musical version of Tales of the City with Jason Sellards (aka Jake Shears) and John Garden (aka JJ) of the disco and glam rock-inspired pop group Scissor Sisters. The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume Tales of the City series, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener and, most recently, Michael Tolliver Lives. In 1976 he launched his groundbreaking Tales of the City serial in the San Francisco Chronicle. Maupin worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, before being assigned to the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean and with the River Patrol Force in Vietnam. Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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