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| Michael Tolliver Lives (P.S.) | 
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Sales Rank: 41776
Category: Book
Author: Armistead Maupin
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Studio: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Label: Harper Perennial
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060761369
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060761363
ASIN: 0060761369
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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Product Description
Nearly two decades after ending his groundbreaking Tales of the City saga of San Francisco life, Armistead Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero Michael Tolliver?the fifty-five-year-old sweet-spirited gardener and survivor of the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers?for a single day at once mundane and extraordinary . . . and filled with the everyday miracles of living.
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 Like seeing an old friend... September 10, 2008
Every moment while reading this novel was filled with that feeling I get when I meet a long lost friend on a subway platform -- Unexpected, unplanned, but the best moment of the week. Michael has aged like all of us, and is happy -- or as happy as Michael, or any of us can be. Finally a novel that doesn't revolve around HIV, while touching respectfully on it. What a pleasure to get back in touch with Michael, Anna, Marianne, Brian, and a whole new generation of characters, while catching up on all the others. Anyone who enjoyed the others for that sense of reading them and seeing old friends will love this novel.
Michael Tolliver Lives August 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a real romp down memory lane, and I really enjoyed it. Having lived in San Francisco when "Tales of the City" was being written, I have always enjoyed the series. However, after the first couple of books the plot line became too far fetched for me. Reading "Michael Tolliver Lives", brought back so many places and events that I hadn't thought about in years. As I continued reading, I felt like I was back in 'The City' catching up with old friends.
Aging, but still vital! July 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Michael Tolliver Lives" is essentially about a miracle. That HIV-inflicted Michael is still alive after twenty years, not to mention being happy and productive, is reason enough to celebrate. I've always admired Maupin's literate humor and crisp characterizations, and even with his newly elegiac tone, the novel is upbeat and daring. Anna Madrigal is still lovingly depicted as the engaging, eccentric "logical" mother, and we're sad when she begins her inevitable decline. Though very much of another era, the old "Tales of the City" gang unites with its eye on the future. This is done with deceptive ease. A new era is previewed while not quite slamming the door on the old one. Michael Tolliver lives, and so do his cohorts. That bodes well for Maupin devotees as well!
Loved it... July 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yes, Michael is different than he was back in the day but aren't we all? This book was sweet and funny and reminded me why I love Armistead Maupin so much. I hope that some of the people writing the critical reviews do not expect to be the same as they grow older. We all evolve--it is what is wonderful about life.
 Tolliver, sadly, Lives Maupin's Boring Life July 5, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I eagerly awaited the release of this latest addition to the Tales of the City series. I was sadly disappointed. Michael Tolliver Lives should have been entitled Michael Tolliver Lives Armistead Maupin's Boring Life. The transparency of this book simply being a recounting of Maupin's life in San Francisco, (his latest romance, his need for testosterone injections, etc) is a sad, obvious piece of writing. I find myself wondering if this book wasn't written simply as a response to a need for money. The fact that, unlike the original series, Tolliver Lives is written in the first person simply increases the confusion over whether of not we are hearing Tolliver's voice or Maupin's. To add insult, the book is a short, simple read written at a seventh grade level. In fact, I read over half of it while waiting for the the author to appear at his signing. My greatest disappointment was the lack of Maupin's trademark use of clever crossed paths, a style device that in the past had drawn comparison to Charles Dickens. No one would make that comparison here.
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