Sure Of You : Tales of the City 6

by Maupin, Armistead | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 07/03/2024 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom as part of the Tales of the City series
Paperback | 272 pages
198 x 128 x 18mm | 192g

The sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.

‘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 TimesA 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.

Hurdling 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.