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Description for Sure of You
Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
The sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.
‘Maupin's adeptness at fluid dialogue, his flair for shaping characters who thread the needle between pop archetypes and singular human beings… are all on display’ New York Times
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A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
Series
Tales of the City
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552998819
SKU
9780552998819
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 but was brought up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in Vietnam before moving to California in 1971 as a reporter for the Associated Press. In 1976 he launched his daily newspaper serial, Tales of the City, in the ... Read more
Reviews for Sure of You
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
A consummate entertainer...It is Maupin's Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly
Times Literary Supplement
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Literary Review
A consummate entertainer...It is Maupin's Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly
Times Literary Supplement
... Read more