{"product_id":"goodbye-barbary-lane-tales-of-the-city-books-7-9-paperback","title":"Goodbye Barbary Lane: Tales of the City Books 7-9 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArmistead Maupin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels--the final three of which are collected in this third omnibus volume--stand 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.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These final days of his San Francisco friends and lovers, gay and straight, are seriously moving.... 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.\"--\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last three novels of Armistead Maupin's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodbye Barbary Lane\u003c\/em\u003e--comprised of \u003cem\u003eMichael Tolliver Lives\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), \u003cem\u003eMary Ann in Autumn\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and \u003cem\u003eThe Days of Anna Madrigal\u003c\/em\u003e (2014)--brings closure to the lives and legacies of the characters through which generations have found connection to America's larger cultural struggles over the past four decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoining two companion omnibus volumes, \u003cem\u003e28 Barbary Lane\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBack to Barbary Lane\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGoodbye Barbary Lane\u003c\/em\u003e presents all of \"Mr. Maupin's 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 plotting\"(\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last three novels of Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the City series--now available for the first time as an omnibus edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished between 1978 and 2014, Armistead Maupin's groundbreaking comedy of manners, Tales of the City, follows a richly diverse cast of characters from their youthful adventures in a San Francisco apartment house through the perils and sorrows of the AIDS crisis, and, finally, into the previously unimaginable era of marriage equality. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodbye Barbary Lane\u003c\/em\u003e--comprised of 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