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*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*\n\n*A Times Best Music Book of 2023*\n\n'This is the most glorious of books. I am besotted by the life I never knew he had.' -Elton John\n\n'Every page of Scattershot is a delight, a joy, a name-dropper fan's delight. Divine. I couldn't put it down.' -Pete Townshend\n\n'Hilarious and so emotionally true, Scattershot is like a letter from a cherished friend. You'll want to keep it close, so you can read it again and again.' -Cameron Crowe\n\n'Touching. Charming. Humble. Witty. And exquisitely written. Taupin's words need no musical accompaniment. They sing with a poets voice.' -Gary Oldman\n\n'Eloquent and inspiring' -Robert Hilburn, author of Johnny Cash: The Life\n\n'A funny, zippy narrative' -MOJO\n\n'An entertaining ride that doesn't spare the horses' -RTE Guide\n\n'Sharply written' -The Independent\n\n'Self deprecating and refreshingly honest' - Sunday Times\n\n'Brilliant memoir' Daily Express\n\nThis is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019's Rocketman) and even John's own autobiography, Me. But Taupin, a famously private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now.\n\nWritten with honesty and candour, Scatterhot allows the reader to witness events unfolding from Taupin's singular perspective, sometimes front and center, sometimes from the edge, yet always described vibrantly, with an infectious energy that only a vivid songwriter's prose could offer. From his childhood in the East Midlands of England whose imagination was sparked and forever informed by the distinctly American mythopoetics of country music and cowboys, to the glittering, star-studded fishbowl of '70s and '80s Beverly Hills, Scattershot is simultaneously a Tom Jones­-like picaresque journey across a landscape of unforgettable characters, as well as a striking, first-hand account of a creative era like no other and one man's experience at the core of it.\n\nAn exciting, multi-decade whirlwind, Scattershot whizzes around the world as we ride shotgun with Bernie on his extraordinary life. We visit New York with him and Elton on the cusp of global fame. We spend time with him in Australia almost in residency at an infamous rock 'n' roll hotel in an endless blizzard of drugs. And we spend late, late night hours with John Lennon, with Bob Marley, and hanging with Frank Sinatra. And beyond the world of popular music, we witness memorable encounters with writers like Graham Greene, painters like Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, and scores of notable misfits, miscreants, eccentrics, and geniuses, known and unknown....

*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*\n\n*A Times Best Music Book of 2023*\n\n'This is the most glorious of books. I am besotted by the life I never knew he had.' -Elton John\n\n'Every page of Scattershot is a delight, a joy, a name-dropper fan's delight. Divine. I couldn't put it down.' -Pete Townshend\n\n'Hilarious and so emotionally true, Scattershot is like a letter from a cherished friend. You'll want to keep it close, so you can read it again and again.' -Cameron Crowe\n\n'Touching. Charming. Humble. Witty. And exquisitely written. Taupin's words need no musical accompaniment. They sing with a poets voice.' -Gary Oldman\n\n'Eloquent and inspiring' -Robert Hilburn, author of Johnny Cash: The Life\n\n'A funny, zippy narrative' -MOJO\n\n'An entertaining ride that doesn't spare the horses' -RTE Guide\n\n'Sharply written' -The Independent\n\n'Self deprecating and refreshingly honest' - Sunday Times\n\n'Brilliant memoir' Daily Express\n\nThis is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019's Rocketman) and even John's own autobiography, Me. But Taupin, a famously private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now.\n\nWritten with honesty and candour, Scatterhot allows the reader to witness events unfolding from Taupin's singular perspective, sometimes front and center, sometimes from the edge, yet always described vibrantly, with an infectious energy that only a vivid songwriter's prose could offer. From his childhood in the East Midlands of England whose imagination was sparked and forever informed by the distinctly American mythopoetics of country music and cowboys, to the glittering, star-studded fishbowl of '70s and '80s Beverly Hills, Scattershot is simultaneously a Tom Jones­-like picaresque journey across a landscape of unforgettable characters, as well as a striking, first-hand account of a creative era like no other and one man's experience at the core of it.\n\nAn exciting, multi-decade whirlwind, Scattershot whizzes around the world as we ride shotgun with Bernie on his extraordinary life. We visit New York with him and Elton on the cusp of global fame. We spend time with him in Australia almost in residency at an infamous rock 'n' roll hotel in an endless blizzard of drugs. And we spend late, late night hours with John Lennon, with Bob Marley, and hanging with Frank Sinatra. And beyond the world of popular music, we witness memorable encounters with writers like Graham Greene, painters like Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali, and scores of notable misfits, miscreants, eccentrics, and geniuses, known and unknown....

*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*\n\n*A Times Best Music Book of 2023*\n\n'Glorious! I am besotted by the life I never knew he had.' -Elton John\n\n'Self deprecating and refreshingly honest' - Sunday Times\n\n'Divine. I couldn't put it down.' -Pete Townshend\n\n'Hilarious and so emotionally true' -Cameron Crowe\n\n'Taupin's words need no musical accompaniment. They sing with a poets voice.' -Gary Oldman\n\n'Eloquent and inspiring' -Robert Hilburn, author of Johnny Cash: The Life\n\nThis is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019's Rocketman) and even Elton John's own autobiography, Me. But Bernie, a famously private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now.\n\nIn this exciting, multi-decade whirlwind, we ride shotgun with Bernie on his extraordinary life. We discover early '70s New York with Elton on the cusp of global fame. We spend late night hours with John Lennon, with Bob Marley, and hanging with Frank Sinatra in LA. We witness memorable encounters with Graham Greene, Salvador Dali´, Andy Warhol and scores of notable misfits, miscreants, eccentrics, and geniuses, some of whom inspire the indelible lyrics to songs such as Tiny Dancer, Candle in the Wind, Bennie and The Jets, and so many more.\n\nWritten with honesty and candour, Scattershot bears witness to events unfolding from Taupin's singular perspective, always with an infectious energy that only a songwriter's vivid prose could offer - his imagination sparked by country music and cowboy culture. From his East Midlands childhood and early London days with Elton to the star-studded fishbowl of '70s and '80s Beverly Hills, it is an epic, picaresque journey across a landscape of unforgettable characters and locations, as well as a striking, first-hand account of a creative era like no other.

*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*\n\n*A Times Best Music Book of 2023*\n\n'Glorious! I am besotted by the life I never knew he had.' -Elton John\n\n'Self deprecating and refreshingly honest' - Sunday Times\n\n'Divine. I couldn't put it down.' -Pete Townshend\n\n'Hilarious and so emotionally true' -Cameron Crowe\n\n'Taupin's words need no musical accompaniment. They sing with a poets voice.' -Gary Oldman\n\n'Eloquent and inspiring' -Robert Hilburn, author of Johnny Cash: The Life\n\nThis is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who conceived the ideas that spawned countless hits, and sold millions and millions of records. Together, they were a duo, a unit, an immovable object. Their extraordinary, half-century-and-counting creative relationship has been chronicled in biopics (like 2019's Rocketman) and even Elton John's own autobiography, Me. But Bernie, a famously private person, has kept his own account of their adventures close to his chest, until now.\n\nIn this exciting, multi-decade whirlwind, we ride shotgun with Bernie on his extraordinary life. We discover early '70s New York with Elton on the cusp of global fame. We spend late night hours with John Lennon, with Bob Marley, and hanging with Frank Sinatra in LA. We witness memorable encounters with Graham Greene, Salvador Dali´, Andy Warhol and scores of notable misfits, miscreants, eccentrics, and geniuses, some of whom inspire the indelible lyrics to songs such as Tiny Dancer, Candle in the Wind, Bennie and The Jets, and so many more.\n\nWritten with honesty and candour, Scattershot bears witness to events unfolding from Taupin's singular perspective, always with an infectious energy that only a songwriter's vivid prose could offer - his imagination sparked by country music and cowboy culture. From his East Midlands childhood and early London days with Elton to the star-studded fishbowl of '70s and '80s Beverly Hills, it is an epic, picaresque journey across a landscape of unforgettable characters and locations, as well as a striking, first-hand account of a creative era like no other.

The long awaited tenth instalment in the internationally bestselling Tales of the City series.\n\n'A breeze' The Times\n'Delightful comedy of manners' iPaper\n'A welcome tenth instalment of his iconic Tales Of The City saga' Mail on Sunday\n'A witty novel about identity and finding a family in 1980s England' Woman&Home\n'The message still shines out in the new book- find the people who love and understand you' The Scotsman\n____________________\n\nThe tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.\n\nWhen Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa-allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams-she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, a romantic country manor in the UK. Now, with her adopted son, Wilfred, Mona has opened Easley's doors to paying guests to keep her inherited English manor afloat.\n\nAs they welcome a married American couple to Easley, Mona and Wilfred discover their new guests' terrible secret. Instead of focussing on the imminent arrival of old friend Michael Tolliver and matriarch Anna Madrigal, Mona will need to use her considerable charm, willpower and wiles to set things right before Easley's historic Midsummer ceremony.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco and beyond. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

The long awaited tenth instalment in the internationally bestselling Tales of the City series.\n\n'A breeze' The Times\n'Delightful comedy of manners' iPaper\n'A welcome tenth instalment of his iconic Tales Of The City saga' Mail on Sunday\n'A witty novel about identity and finding a family in 1980s England' Woman&Home\n'The message still shines out in the new book- find the people who love and understand you' The Scotsman\n____________________\n\nThe tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.\n\nWhen Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa-allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams-she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, a romantic country manor in the UK. Now, with her adopted son, Wilfred, Mona has opened Easley's doors to paying guests to keep her inherited English manor afloat.\n\nAs they welcome a married American couple to Easley, Mona and Wilfred discover their new guests' terrible secret. Instead of focussing on the imminent arrival of old friend Michael Tolliver and matriarch Anna Madrigal, Mona will need to use her considerable charm, willpower and wiles to set things right before Easley's historic Midsummer ceremony.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco and beyond. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from the seventies.\n\nNamed as one of the BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Novels, a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick and Britain’s favourite gay/lesbian novel from The Big Gay Read\n____________________\n\nOriginally serialised in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970s, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.\n\nAmong the cast of this ground-breaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

The number one international bestseller by the author of Tales of the City\n\n'Wonderful, funny, poignant and gutsy’ Mademoiselle\n‘Scathingly funny, haunting…Maupin enlightens, entertains and empowers his readers’ Atlanta Journal\n‘Highly funny and deeply poignant…With a heartfelt resonance few male writers ever accomplish' Boston Herald\n‘Perfectly pitched and heartbreaking. There hasn't been a funnier, or sadder, novel this year’ Entertainment Weekly\n__________\n\nAll of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - 'you can die of encouragement'. Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask. After a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star.\n\n\nFrom her infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular, harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance, we track our spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so hare-brained and daring that it just might succeed...\n\nMaybe the Moon is the poignant and moving tale of an outsider told from the inside which eloquently speaks to the resilience of the human spirit.

The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from the seventies.\n\nNamed as one of the BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Novels, a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick and Britain’s favourite gay/lesbian novel from The Big Gay Read\n____________________\n\nOriginally serialised in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970s, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.\n\nAmong the cast of this ground-breaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

The number one international bestseller by the author of Tales of the City\n\n'Wonderful, funny, poignant and gutsy’ Mademoiselle\n‘Scathingly funny, haunting…Maupin enlightens, entertains and empowers his readers’ Atlanta Journal\n‘Highly funny and deeply poignant…With a heartfelt resonance few male writers ever accomplish' Boston Herald\n‘Perfectly pitched and heartbreaking. There hasn't been a funnier, or sadder, novel this year’ Entertainment Weekly\n__________\n\nAll of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - 'you can die of encouragement'. Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask. After a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star.\n\n\nFrom her infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular, harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance, we track our spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so hare-brained and daring that it just might succeed...\n\nMaybe the Moon is the poignant and moving tale of an outsider told from the inside which eloquently speaks to the resilience of the human spirit.

The sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.\n\n‘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\n____________________\n\nA 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 is Armistead Maupin’s addictively entertaining observation on family, friendship and every relationship in between.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

The sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.\n\n‘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\n____________________\n\nA 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 is Armistead Maupin’s addictively entertaining observation on family, friendship and every relationship in between.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

____________________\n\nNow a Netflix series starring Elliot Page and Laura Linney . . .\n\n'San Francisco is fortunate in having a chronicler as witty and likeable as Armistead Maupin' Independent\n__________________\n\nIn this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of modern life, 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. \n\nWistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You is a triumphant finale to one of the most addictively entertaining series of novels ever written.

____________________\n\nNow a Netflix series starring Elliot Page and Laura Linney . . .\n\n'San Francisco is fortunate in having a chronicler as witty and likeable as Armistead Maupin' Independent\n__________________\n\nIn this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of modern life, 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. \n\nWistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You is a triumphant finale to one of the most addictively entertaining series of novels ever written.

Il decimo – e lungamente atteso – romanzo del ciclo de “I racconti di San Francisco”, ha per protagonista Mona Ramsey, la figlia di Anna Madrigal (la leggendaria proprietaria della casa al numero 28 di Barbary Lane, a San Francisco). Fresca vedova di un lord inglese gay, Teddy Roughton, che Mona aveva sposato per permettergli di avere la cittadinanza americana e trasferirsi a San Francisco, si ritrova a vivere, insieme al figlio adottivo Wilfred, nella vasta e antica tenuta di famiglia (Casa Easley), nelle Cotswolds, tra Bristol e Oxford. Nonostante il titolo di Lady, Mona è rimasta una donna libera e intraprendente, capace di mettere in discussione i luoghi comuni e i pregiudizi della contea inglese, e per questo da subito oggetto di pettegolezzi (ha una relazione con la direttrice delle poste). Ma non sono le voci e le malignità della provincia inglese a preoccuparla, bensì le ingenti spese per la manutenzione della tenuta, tanto da essere costretta ad affittare alcune stanze ai turisti che sognano di vivere delle vacanze romantiche in una antica magione. Tra i turisti coinvolti, nella primavera del 1993, è presente anche una coppia di americani originari del North Carolina. All’apparenza persone semplici e affiatate, in realtà custodi di un segreto. E dopo sole poche ore, e uno sgradevole episodio, Rhonda, la signora americana, chiede aiuto a Mona e a Wilfred per fuggire dal marito. A quel punto giungono a Casa Easley anche Anna Madrigal e Michael Tolliver, a complicare la vicenda in una serie di spassosi, ma anche drammatici, equivoci, innamoramenti, e dolorose riflessioni. Una commedia ironica, e a tratti amara, ricca di intelligenza e di ottimismo.

Il decimo – e lungamente atteso – romanzo del ciclo de “I racconti di San Francisco”, ha per protagonista Mona Ramsey, la figlia di Anna Madrigal (la leggendaria proprietaria della casa al numero 28 di Barbary Lane, a San Francisco). Fresca vedova di un lord inglese gay, Teddy Roughton, che Mona aveva sposato per permettergli di avere la cittadinanza americana e trasferirsi a San Francisco, si ritrova a vivere, insieme al figlio adottivo Wilfred, nella vasta e antica tenuta di famiglia (Casa Easley), nelle Cotswolds, tra Bristol e Oxford. Nonostante il titolo di Lady, Mona è rimasta una donna libera e intraprendente, capace di mettere in discussione i luoghi comuni e i pregiudizi della contea inglese, e per questo da subito oggetto di pettegolezzi (ha una relazione con la direttrice delle poste). Ma non sono le voci e le malignità della provincia inglese a preoccuparla, bensì le ingenti spese per la manutenzione della tenuta, tanto da essere costretta ad affittare alcune stanze ai turisti che sognano di vivere delle vacanze romantiche in una antica magione. Tra i turisti coinvolti, nella primavera del 1993, è presente anche una coppia di americani originari del North Carolina. All’apparenza persone semplici e affiatate, in realtà custodi di un segreto. E dopo sole poche ore, e uno sgradevole episodio, Rhonda, la signora americana, chiede aiuto a Mona e a Wilfred per fuggire dal marito. A quel punto giungono a Casa Easley anche Anna Madrigal e Michael Tolliver, a complicare la vicenda in una serie di spassosi, ma anche drammatici, equivoci, innamoramenti, e dolorose riflessioni. Una commedia ironica, e a tratti amara, ricca di intelligenza e di ottimismo.

Gabriel Noone is a writer whose late night radio stories have brought him into the homes of millions. Noone is in the midst of a painful separation from his lover of ten years when a publisher sends him proofs of a remarkable book: the memoir of a sickly thirteen-year-old boy who suffered horrific sexual abuse at the hands of his parents.\n\nNow living with his adoptive mother, Donna, Pete Lomax is not only a brave and gifted diarist but a devoted listener of Noone's show. When Noone phones the boy to offer encouragement, it soon becomes clear that Pete sees in this heartsick, middle-aged storyteller the loving father he's always wanted. Thus begins an extraordinary friendship that grows deeper only as the boy's health deteriorates, freeing Noone to unlock his innermost feelings.\n\nThen, out of the blue, troubling new questions arise, exploding Noone's comfortable assumptions and causing his ordered existence to spin wildly out of control. As he walks a vertiginous line between truth and illusion, he is finally forced to confront all his relationships - familial, romantic and erotic.\n\nAs complex and hypnotically engrossing as the best of mysteries, The Night Listener is an astonishing tour de force that moves and challenges Maupin's readers as never before.

The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.\n\n'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced’ Salon\n____________________\n\nA touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City… the reunion that fans of Maupin’s beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in a sexually-liberated San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.\n\n'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced’ Salon\n____________________\n\nA touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael ‘Mouse’ Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City… the reunion that fans of Maupin’s beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years.\n\nHurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in a sexually-liberated San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.

'His most mature, mellow and moving novel yet' Independent\n'A mystery studded with elegant twists and turns' New York Times Book Review\n'Absorbing, sophisticated, funny and touching' Sunday Times\n'A tremendous, hugely satisfying read' Time Out\n________\n\n\nGabriel Noone is a writer whose late-night radio stories have brought him into the homes of millions. Noone is in the midst of a painful separation from his lover of ten years, when a publisher sends him the memoir of a thirteen-year-old boy who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of his parents.\n\nPete Lomax is not only a brave and gifted diarist but a devoted listener to Noone's show. When Noone phones the boy to offer encouragement, it soon becomes clear that Pete sees in this heart-sick, middle-aged storyteller the loving father he's always wanted. Thus begins an extraordinary friendship that only grows deeper as the boy's health deteriorates.\n\nThen, out of the blue, troubling new questions arise, exploding Noone's comfortable assumptions and causing his ordered existence to spin wildly out of control. As he walks the tightrope between truth and illusion, he is finally forced to confront all his relationships - familial, romantic and erotic.