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Summary: OUTSTANDING! THE BEST! A must read for any reader.
Review: Every book in the series Tales of the City are outstanding. They wrap you in without you even knowing it, until you have to put the book down (trust me, you have to muster a LOT of willpower to put the novels down). Fantastic reading. The characters and the plots are incredibly in tune with normal life. The best books I've ever read
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Summary: It is a must but...
Review: First, for all readers: I'm french, so I'm sorry for the mistakes... Like everybody I just love these book. What I really appreciate is that there is no all-good or all-bad character. But, if I understand the sociologic advantage of telling that they drink Evian water (for example), I think it's just too much: I don't feel like to know what powder each character uses to clean his carpet! Basically, this book is the book of the 70s and 80s american society.
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Summary: 28 Barbery Lane (Tales of the City Omnibus)
Review: First, I have to say it is far easier having the first three volumes of the "Tales" in one book. Yet each volumes stands independently on it's own. Maupin's "Tales" is one of the best reads I've had in a long time. Always aware of them, and having seen them on the screen (PBS "Tales of the City" and Showtimes's "More Tales of the City" and "Further Tales of the City"), this was the first time I've read the books. Enjoyed it so much that I've just ordered the second collection "Back to Barbery Lane - The Final Tales of the City Omnibus" which contains the last three volumes of the "Tales". I'll keep you posted.
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Summary: I wanna live at 28 Barbary Lane.
Review: Having the first three books in the "Tales of the City" series all in one place is a huge convenience as I am continually reading them. There is an absurd joy I get whenever I read these stories. Please understand, I realize these characters are fictional, but I so want to be friends with them and take part in their bizarre adventures. Maupin has a very minimalist writing style. The chapters are rarely more than three pages long, and in some cases almost entirely dialogue; yet somehow Maupin is able to create a world so real I feel I know these character intimately.What makes this collection so wonderful is that it does not contain the final three books in the series. It helps to maintain my delusion that the last three book simply don't exist and the action stops at the end of book three. I highly recommend this collection.
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Summary: I wanna live at 28 Barbary Lane.
Review: Having the first three books in the "Tales of the City" series all in one place is a huge convenience as I am continually reading them. There is an absurd joy I get whenever I read these stories. Please understand, I realize these characters are fictional, but I so want to be friends with them and take part in their bizarre adventures. Maupin has a very minimalist writing style. The chapters are rarely more than three pages long, and in some cases almost entirely dialogue; yet somehow Maupin is able to create a world so real I feel I know these character intimately. What makes this collection so wonderful is that it does not contain the final three books in the series. It helps to maintain my delusion that the last three book simply don't exist and the action stops at the end of book three. I highly recommend this collection.
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Summary: Best Series ever written!
Review: I have read the first five books in the series and am dying to read the last one, but, since I am a college student, I wouldn't read it until the end of the semester...can't wait! Books are witty, sad and funny! Thank you, Mr. Maupin!
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Summary: LOVED 28 Barbary Lane!
Review: I just read 28 Barbary Lane for the first time, and I can't wait to read everything written by Armistead Maupin. What a great book, the characters so wonderful and easily related to. I love the way this mind works, and can't wait to get to know it better.
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Summary: AN ABSOLUTE "MUST READ"
Review: I laughed, I cried, I RELATED. This is indeed a wonderful book that everyone should read.
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Summary: one of those books that I could not put down
Review: I thought that the book was excellent. It kept me going to the next chapter. I love the way that he took real life situations and put them into the characters. I learned a lot about life in San Franscisco in the 70's and 80's
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Summary: When can I move in?
Review: I'm almost done with this book and I am procrastinating...I DON'T want it to end! Every character, every story, everything is extrodinary in these pages! Mary Anne, Brian, Mona, Mrs. Madrigal, and especially Michael (Mouse), have become my new best friends. I love listening to them talk, I love the little private jokes that I am a part of, I love their sense of humor and their quest for love, but most of all I love the bond of these characters to eachother; and to me! The stories seem to flow together, pushing you to read the next chapter to find out what happens, and then the next chapter and the next and so on and so on...it's amazing that you CAN'T seem to put the book down, and it's a BIG book. I'm a product of the Seventies, ie. I was a teenager in the 70's, and I loved all the 70's cliches, remembering what was happening in that decade in the news, with music, and even the products that were popular then, I found myself outlining all that was familiar to me then so I'd never forget :) . The ease with which we lived our lives thinking that we were indestructable and the only thing we had to worry about was finding the right "someone" to share it with...before AIDS, before addiction was an epidemic, just a little pot and someone to love and we were just fine. Then the 80's and life gets more complicated and alot more scary. This is truly one of the finest books ever written, with some of the nobelest and bravest and most lovable people you will ever have the pleasure of meeting! Thank you Mr. Maupin, Thank you, thank you, thank you! Debbi
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