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Michael Tolliver the sweetspirited Southerner in Armistead Maupins classicTales of the City series is arguably one of the most widely loved charactersin contemporary fiction. Now almost twenty years after ending his groundbreaking saga of San Francisco life Maupin revisits his alltoohuman heroletting the fiftyfiveyearold gardener tell his story in his own voice. Having survived the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers Michaelhas learned to embrace the random pleasures of life the tender alliances thatsustain him in the hardest of times. Michael Tolliver Lives follows itsprotagonist as he finds love with a younger man attends to his dyingfundamentalist mother in Florida and finally reaffirms his allegiance to awise octogenarian who was once his landlady. Though this is a standalonenovelaccessible to fans of Tales of the City and new readers alikea reassuring number of familiar faces appear along the way. As usual theauthors mordant wit and ear for pitchperfect dialogue serve every aspect ofthe storyfrom the bawdy to the bittersweet. Michael Tolliver Lives is anovel about the act of growing older joyfully and the everyday miracles thatsomehow make that possible. «
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