Babycakes - Tales of the City

"Maupin''s San Francisco saga careens beautifully on." -- New York Times Book Review The fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin''s best-selling San Francisco saga. When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there''s more to making a baby than 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 piece of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Armistead Maupin
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 29.05.2007
• EAN: 9780060924836
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092483-6
• Pages: 316
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Thème: Tales of the City
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Humorous / General, LGBTQ STUDIES: LITERATURE, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / General, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Transgender, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian