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Michael Tolliver Lives (Tales of the City) | 
 enlarge | Author: Armistead Maupin
Publisher: Black Swan
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 18960
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0552772933
EAN: 9780552772938
ASIN: 0552772933
Publication Date: June 2, 2008
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 Still on Form September 22, 2008
R. Haines (Oxford, UK)
Could this book live up to the wonderful Tales of the City series? I approached it half-expecting a let-down. Well this book certainly isn't a let-down though it is different in style. Maupin has a real gift for creating a world, however weird, that you can believe in. He populates that world with eccentric but loveable characters that you really care about. Although the book is essentially light and humorous, Maupin, as before, manages to illuminate deeper human issues with tenderness and emotion but still with a wry smile. In this book death, loss of various types, love between older and younger and aging (to list but a few) all have a gentle light shed upon them. In the best sense an "easy read" because he writes so beautifully. A lovely book that I could not put down.
 Lacking in fun August 15, 2008
N. A. Robinson (UK)
Having read and been a real fan of "The Tales of the City" books and TV programme I was really looking forward to this book.
This book is truly awful. It lacks the humour and wit of the original books and it is spoiled by only being told in the first person. It is quite bitchy and unnecessarily graphic.When the author has to resort to graphic sex descriptions to pad out the story then it is time for him to pack up.
Very disappointing. Another book destined for the charity shop.
Just when i thought all was lost August 15, 2008
J. C. Murray (ABZ Scotland)
I stumbled upon this accidentally about 2 years after i had read the "Tales of the City" series and it was like bumping in to an old friend! After the disappointment of reaching the end of the original series......it turned out it was just career break. Maupin delivers yet another fabulous novel that makes you laugh and cry within the space of just a couple of pages.
Expect the usual emotional roller coaster of course and visits from a few old friends.
This is part of a series of books that, although timeless, i wish would never end.
The return of Micheal Mouse July 29, 2008
I. Hanson (Edinburgh)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fans of Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City' will be eager to find out what became of Michael Tolliver and the rest of the crazy characters from San Francisco. This book is quite a departure from the TotC series because it is written in the first person and therefore we really hear Michael's voice for the first time (although to be honest I wasn't sure if I was hearing Michael's voice, or just the author's, since their lives seem to share many similarities). Furthermore this book is mostly about Michael - there are just brief updates on the others (only Anna, Brian and Shawna play much of a part). Nevertheless this is an easy, fun read, outrageously rude in places and absolutely hilarious in others. If you haven't read any of the Tales of the City series, you're better off starting with those (and you're in for a treat).
Back to the city! July 25, 2008
Philip Thompson (London)
As a novel its quite a good story and well written but the key success for me was I found I was visiting friends again that I didn't know I'd missed so much. It was great having these characters alive and hearing them speak again as the original "Tales" books were so much fun to read. Maupins greatest success is in creating characters we really care about and thats why it gets five stars not for the story but the thrill of Anna, Mouse, Brian etc being brought back to me.
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