Mary Ann in Autumn
  • Published: 1 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780552777063
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99

Mary Ann in Autumn

Tales of the City 8

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The brilliant new episode in the magical Tales of the City series

The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.

'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced’ Salon
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A touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City… the reunion that fans of Maupin’s beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years.

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 a sexually-liberated San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
  • Published: 1 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780552777063
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Armistead Maupin

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 and Mary Ann in Autumn. 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 San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

For more information on Armistead Maupin and his books, see his website at www.armisteadmaupin.com

portrait photo of Armistead Maupin

Also by Armistead Maupin

Mona of the Manor
Logical Family
The Days of Anna Madrigal
Michael Tolliver Lives
The Night Listener
Maybe The Moon
Sure Of You
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Praise for Mary Ann in Autumn

As salty as ever, with breezy, brazen love-lives rubbing up against darker material

Guardian on Saturday

Old friends, good times and a powerful conclusion: Maupin feels the love and shares it with his readers

Financial Times

The cultural references are still fresh... The characters still compelling

Independent on Sunday

The kind of writer who doesn't have readers so much as devotees... Maupin at his rapturous best

Guardian

Like slipping into a warm, scented bath. Maupin's back, with an eighth instalment of his lovely Tales of the City series... Lie back and enjoy

The Times

Those who loved the last book will rejoice in the fact that Maupin hasn't finished with these much-loved characters yet. More please

Time Out

It's a joy to be reunited with the Barbary Lane family

Elle Magazine

This novel is extremely good... There is warm-heartedness, spirit and elan here... Fans will be delighted

Independent