Michael Tolliver Lives

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City The seventh novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin''s best-selling San Francisco saga. Nearly two decades after ending his groundbreaking Tales of the City saga of San Francisco life, Armistead Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero Michael Tolliver--the fifty-five-year-old sweet-spirited gardener and survivor of the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers--for a single day at once mundane and extraordinary... and filled with the everyday miracles of living.

About the author

Armistead Maupin is the author of the Tales of the City series, which includes Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn, The Days of Anna Madrigal, and Mona of the Manor. His other books include the memoir Logical Family and the novels Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener. Maupin was the 2012 recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Pioneer Award. He lives in London with his husband, Christopher Turner.

Report

"Maupin's writing is as cheerfully raunchy as ever . . . " - Miami Herald
"Here, we get a glimpse of what Maupin, at his best, has always done: linked the individual and the collective story, unfolded his narrative against the backdrop of larger events." - Los Angeles Times
"Maupin's writing style is both breezy and humorous, which makes the sadder moments all the more poignant." - Pittsburgh Tribune
"Lucid, funny, and risqué." - Time Out New York

Product details

• Authors: Armistead Maupin
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.05.2008
• EAN: 9780060761363
• ISBN: 978-0-06-076136-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Stadtgeschichten; P.S.; P.S.; Tales of the City; Stadtgeschichten; Stadtgeschichten / Tales of the City Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Relating to lesbians, Satirical fiction and parodies, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Humorous / General, FICTION: Satire, LGBTQ STUDIES: LITERATURE, FICTION: Friendship, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Transgender, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, FICTION: City Life, LGBTQ Studies / Literature