Michael Tolliver Lives - (Tales of the City) by Armistead Maupin (Paperback)

About the Book

Michael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Maupin's classic Tales of the City series, is arguably one of the most widely loved characters in contemporary fiction. Now, almost 20 years after ending his groundbreaking saga of San Francisco life, Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero.

Book Synopsis

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City

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

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.

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"Maupin's writing is as cheerfully raunchy as ever . . . " - Miami Herald
"Here, we get a glimpse of what Maupin, at his best, has always done: linked the individual and the collective story, unfolded his narrative against the backdrop of larger events." - Los Angeles Times
"Maupin's writing style is both breezy and humorous, which makes the sadder moments all the more poignant." - Pittsburgh Tribune
"Lucid, funny, and risqué." - Time Out New York