Significant Others

Tales of the City 5

Armistead Maupin

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Penguin (Transworld)
05 March 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Tales of the City

The fifth volume in Armistead Maupin's widely acclaimed and much-loved Tales of the City series.

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

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.

By: Armistead Maupin
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 199g
ISBN: 9781804994290
ISBN 10: 1804994294
Series: Tales of the City
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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