Goodbye Barbary Lane
by Armistead Maupin
2020-12-29 15:59:07
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novelsâthe final three of which are collected in this third omnibus volumeâstand as an incomparable blend of great storytelling and incisive social comme...
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By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novelsâthe final three of which are collected in this third omnibus volumeâstand as an incomparable blend of great storytelling and incisive social commentary on American culture from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium. âThese final days of his San Francisco friends and lovers, gay and straight, are seriously movingâ¦. Maupin deftly illustrates how far America and the pioneering Anna have come, and nearly forty years into the series, his writing remains wildly addictive but is deeper and richer.ââPeople The last three novels of Armistead Maupinâs bestselling, critically-acclaimed Tales of the City are now available for the first time as an omnibus edition. The epic series, published between 1978 and 2014, spans the decade before the AIDS crisis through the era of marriage equality following an unforgettable set of characters, whose diverse sexual identities helped set the social stage for the ongoing sexual revolution. Goodbye Barbary Laneâcomprised of Michael Tolliver Lives (2007), Mary Ann in Autumn (2010), and The Days of Anna Madrigal (2014)âbrings closure to the lives and legacies of the characters through which generations have found connection to Americaâs larger cultural struggles over the past four decades. Joining two companion omnibus volumes, 28 Barbary Lane and Back to Barbary Lane, Goodbye Barbary Lane presents all of âMr. Maupinâs adeptness at fluid dialogue, his flair for shaping characters who thread the needle between pop archetypes and singular human beings, and his great gift for intricate if occasionally preposterous plottingâ(New York Times).
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