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Armistead Maupin (Author)

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Publication Date: 1989 | Series: Tales of the City

Significant Others, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the Tales of the City saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike.

A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort. Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante, troubled house-husband Brian Hawkins, and the irrepressible Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (arguably Maupin's most beloved creation).

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Significant Others, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the Tales of the City saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike.

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Transworld publishers(Black Swan Bks)London; New Ed edition (1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 055299880X
ISBN-13: 978-0552998802
Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2 x 19.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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"Maupin is a richly gifted comic author... there is room in Armistead Maupin's universe for all of us" (Observer )

"Comedy in its most classical form... some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read" (Jonathan Coe Guardian )

"San Francisco is fortunate in having a chronicler as witty and likeable as Armistead Maupin" (Independent )

"Like those of Dickens and Wilkie Collins, Armistead Maupin's novels have all appeared originally as serials... it is the strength of this approach, with its fantastic adventures and astonishingly contrived coincidences, that makes these novels charming and compelling" (Literary Review )

"Wise, witty, loving and caring about the foibles and frailties we all seem to have" (David Hockney )

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5.0 out of 5 stars And Addition to Those Tales from the City 9 Feb 2013

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I was a great fan of Armistead Maupin's Tales from the City and its sequels, capturing as they did the 80s and beyond of the San Francisco alternative and gay scenes. Glad to be able to buy a new edition to revisit those times. These are soap operas in a way, but so entertaining and witty. I think reading Maupin, at his most light-hearted, is like reading a lovely gossipy letter from a friend. Easy reading, and that's no small recommendation. It takes talent to make prose so smooth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The story continues... 12 Mar 2010

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book in the series

This is the fifth chronicle in the Tales of the City and the characters are beginning to feel a bit like family. Read more

Published on 26 April 2010 by Mrs. S. Payne

4.0 out of 5 stars A genuine drama, fiction with a bing hint of humour.

The fifth chronicle in the Tale of the City saga is still captiving all. New characters and old one move around this new intrigue.

Published on 21 April 2009 by J. Guillamat

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Armistead Maupin is one of the greatest living authors of this century. The pinnacle of his achievement is the Tales of the City series of which this is the fourth. Read more

Published on 1 April 2001 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best book in the series!

I have read all of Maupin's books and I think that every single one of them is brilliant. However if I had to pick a favourite it would definitely be 'Significant Others'. Read more

Published on 28 Mar 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent fifth installment to the Barbary Lane saga.

The series goes on in leaps and bounds. The Tales of...series are one of the few sets of books to make me laugh and cry-usually within the same chapter. Read more

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