TALES OF THE CITY

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by Armistead Maupin (1976)

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Anna Madrigal hosts a motley crew of mostly young new arrivals at 28 Barbary Lane. She grows vegetables and weed in the backyard and has found a new love interest who will soon die. Each of the residents at Barbary Lane has their own story, and like all new arrivals, each has left something or someone behind. Now living in the city of San Francisco, each must find work, adventure, friendship, and love. As they explore the city and try to make their own way various situations arise. Which includes the interaction between generations, along with the engagement between straight and gay people, the search for a worthy love interest, the choice to use drugs or not to, the pressures of finding and keeping a paying job, before finally exploring the difference between breaking social taboos and freefalling into debasement. Fiction. 269 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: Tales of the city

Year: 1976

Author: Armistead Maupin

Pages: 269

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Book review by Keith Salter