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Cargando... Further Tales of the City (1982)por Armistead Maupin
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Délicieux, tendrement ironique, chaleureux...Un régal. Entre un ouvrier au grand coeur, une star de cinéma et son médecin favori - Jon Fielding pour ne pas changer-, Michael court toujours après l'homme de sa vie. Mary Ann, entrée à la télévision, court après le scoop de la sienne. DeDe revient de loin et Mme Madrigal cultive des petites herbes dans son jardinet...Ajoutez à cela quelques kidnappings, une course poursuite entre l'Alaska et Barbery Lane, et vous aurez une idée de ce pétillant roman d'où on ressort tout étourdi, un sourire bêta scotché aux lèvres. Contenido enTiene la adaptación
The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal. While Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement, Michael Tolliver looks for love at the National Gay Rodeo, DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track a charismatic psychopath across Alaska, and society columnist Prue Giroux loses her heart to a derelict living in San Francisco park. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Tales of the City is charming as always, and I really enjoyed Michael's storyline in particular; his search for emotional connection is sympathetic and heartfelt without being sentimental.
That said, for an ostensibly comic novel, there's a lot of darkness in this book. Most of it was deftly handled, but the main plot was slightly odd and dated, with the Jonestown massacre as a backdrop for a suspense narrative. I understand the impulse to explore a story that loomed large in San Fransisco at that time, but I'm still not quite sure if Maupin pulled it off.
Our heroes have entered the eighties, and while the references to culture and fashion make me smile, I want to wave my hands at them and shout, No! Go back, it's a trap! Hoping the author doesn't break our hearts too much in the next couple volumes (although it will be perfectly appropriate if he does). ( )