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Series: Tales of the City
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The sixth volume in the acclaimed Tales of the City series.
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The sixth volume in the acclaimed Tales of the City series.
The sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.
Maupin's adeptness at fluid dialogue, his flair for shaping characters who thread the needle between pop archetypes and singular human beings... are all on display - New York Times
A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You is Armistead Maupin's addictively entertaining observation on family, friendship and every relationship in between.
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.
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Sure Of You by Armistead Maupin is praised for its engaging and serialized storytelling, reminiscent of authors like Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Reviewers commend Maupin's ability to create compelling tales filled with inventive suspense, mystery, and well-crafted coincidences. His portrayal of love is considered convincing, showcasing his commendable narrative skills, with readers often finding the book hard to put down.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780552998819
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2000
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Black Swan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 199g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 but was brought up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in Vietnam before moving to California in 1971 as a reporter for the Associated Press. In 1976 he launched his daily newspaper serial, Tales of the City, in the San Francisco Chronicle. The first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades, Tales grew into an international sensation when compiled and rewritten as novels. Maupin's six-volume Tales of the City sequence - Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others and Sure of You - are now multi-million bestsellers published around the world. He is also the author of two other bestselling novels, Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener, which was recently made into a film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. He lives in San Francisco, California. Official Author Web Site- www.ArmisteadMaupin.com
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