Further Tales of the City: A Novel (Tales of the City, 3)

Oh those gay 70's days in San Francisco when "cherez la femme" ruled the original Pink Village. Armistead Maupin revealed a zany twist of relationships in the most liberal city during its most liberal times long before the late 90's tech boom. Tales of the City depicted just how much ahead of the times San Francisco has always been.

"Further Tales of the City" is by far my favorite of the series. It is here that life continues for our characters, but they grow far beyond what has taken place in the last two books, especially MaryAnn.Here also Maupin, moves forward with his wonderful concept of "chosen family," weaving MaryAnn, Brian and Mouse together as a great example of how workable and tender a "non-traditional family" can be. The price of that family, and that friendship - and standing up for what is right - is high as the book ends, but that only makes it all the more real and satisfying.Be with your friends of 28 Barbary Lane as innocence is lost in the early 80s just before the Spectre of AIDS his San Francisco in all its fury. It is a time and place that can - unfortunately - never come again.

Reading the 'Tales of the City'-Series was such a wonderful experience I could easily repeat it as much as I could. Maupin's style is so great and terrific, it's strange I hadn't heard of him that much, before I read it.The characters are surely some of the best ones ever created in literary history. The developement of the storyline is so surprising and unexpectable it's breath-taking. The twists and turns are so effective, because you seem to know the characters so well, and never had thought... well, you have to explore the secrets by yourself. I have never seen such a developement of characters. The same persons are totally different in the last book than in the first one. It's great.I won't rate every book differently, although they are very different. But they are so great alltogether and so well-connected it's hard to tell them apart.This is wonderful stuff!

This one is the best book of armistead maupin. i have read all of his books, and this is the best. it is the most gripping tale of them all. it is intresting, scary, funny, sad, and touching all at the same time. once you start reading you dont want to put it down. highly recomended!