Significant Others: The fifth novel in the classic, must-read Tales of the City series (Tales of the City, 5) - Softcover

Maupin, Armistead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055299880X ISBN 13: 9780552998802

Publisher: Transworld publishers(Black Swan Bks)London, 1989

Synopsis

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

‘Some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read’ Guardian
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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.

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 1980s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

About this title

About the Author

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, The Night Listener, Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn, The Days of Anna Madrigal and Mona of the Manor. He also wrote an acclaimed memoir, Logical Family.

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 London with his husband, Christopher Turner.

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

From the Back Cover

Significant Others, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the Tales of the City saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that s sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike.

A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort.Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante, troubled house-husband Brian Hawkins, and the irrepressible Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (arguably Maupin s most beloved creation).

Edition details

• Publisher: Transworld publishers(Black Swan Bks)London
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 055299880X
• ISBN 13: 9780552998802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320