The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series Armistead Maupin's best-selling San
Francisco saga. 'Entertains illuminates... A cultural touchstone that has enlarged our
understanding of the varieties of human behavior' Washington Post____________________ The
tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cosy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann
Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelgänger
in a desert whorehouse and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favourite gynaecologist in a
Mexican bar. Meanwhile their venerable landlady takes the biggest journey of all-without ever
leaving home. 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 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners
that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
