Product Description

The fifth volume in the acclaimed Tales of the City series.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15093 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-19
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Synopsis
"Significant Others", the fifth self-contained chronicle in the "Tales of the City" saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike. A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort. Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante, troubled house-husband Brian Hawkins, and the irrepressible Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (arguably Maupin's most beloved creation).

From the Back Cover
Significant Others, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the Tales of the City saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike.

A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort.Among those entangled in the mayhem are DeDe Halcyon, reformed debutante, troubled house-husband Brian Hawkins, and the irrepressible Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver (arguably Maupin's most beloved creation).

About the Author
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 San Francisco Chronicle. The first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades, Tales grew into an international sensation when compiled and rewritten as novels. Maupin's six-volume Tales of the City sequence - Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others and Sure of You - are now multi-million bestsellers published around the world. He is also the author of two other bestselling novels, Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener, which was recently made into a film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Customer Reviews

a classic !!
Significant Others is just one in the Tales of the City series of books. The whole 'Tales' series is absolutely amazing and you'll find it difficult to put them down once you've started reading.
The chapters are very short which means that these books are perfect for reading on the tube or when you have only a short time to read in one sitting. Each chapter will generally focus on a specific character in the book of which there are several and these are followed throughout the whole series.

Do start with 'Tales of the City' book first, as the books do run in sequence.

The first three books have been made into films and part of them were screened on television several years ago. However the DVD's are available on amazon.com (the american amazon website) but only in region 1 unfortunately. Many DVD players do now play region 1 but need to check on your machine first before ordering them from amazon's amercian website.

Buy this now.
Armistead Maupin is one of the greatest living authors of this century. The pinnacle of his achievement is the Tales of the City series of which this is the fourth. It is wonderful in every way. Great characters, totally stylish, witty, moving, political, sexually liberated and enormous fun. By the time you have read this far you will love all the characters to death and there are some great nail biting scenes based on the cult figure of Jim Jones. Just buy it, buy them all.

By far the best book in the series!
I have read all of Maupin's books and I think that every single one of them is brilliant. However if I had to pick a favourite it would definitely be 'Significant Others'. It has to be one of the funniest books ever written and I found all the lesbian camp scenes contained some of Maupin's best and most highly strung plotlines.