Tales Of The City
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Publisher Description
A CLASSIC OF LGBTQ LITERATURE THAT HAS BECOME A CULT SEN-SATION!
THE HEROES OF THIS ENCHANTING GROUP HAVE BEEN ENJOYED BY MILLIONS OF READERS WORLDWIDE! Adapted on TV (BBC), Limited Se-ries (Netflix), Theater...and now in graphic novel form for the first time!
San Francisco, 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal runs a boarding house. She wel-comes people who have nowhere else to go: the misfits. This matriarch is known for her unending kindness and her superb marijuana crop. The novel starts with the arrival of Mary Ann Singleton, a prudish, naïve, young woman who escaped her dull Ohio hometown for San Francisco. She settles in with her other fellow tenants: Michael “Mouse,” a personable young gay man, Brian Hawkins, an incor-rigible Don Juan, and Mona Ramsey, a young hippyish bisexual.
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Bauthian and Revel (Glenn Gould) take on Maupin's classic story of queer folks and alternate lifestyles in 1970s San Francisco in this lush graphic adaptation. Mary Ann Singleton, freshly transplanted from Cleveland, Ohio, moves into eccentric Anna Madrigal's boarding house. She lands a job as a secretary for stern Edgar Halcyon, head of the advertising firm where her neighbor, Mona Ramsey, works. Edgar, terminally ill, launches an extramarital affair with Anna while Mary Ann becomes involved with Edgar's son-in-law. Another neighbor, Michael, dates a closeted gynecologist who chafes at Michael's more open sexuality. Mona leaves the boarding house after her model ex-girlfriend arrives from New York to rekindle their romance. The comics bring the entangled ensemble to life through their shifting relationships, growing secrets, and painful moments, all the way to the melancholic but hopeful climax. Those unfamiliar with the original may miss some key elements in the condensed version, though Bauthian maintains the novel's slice-of-life feel. Revel's art carries the softness of pastels but with clean outlines, and her artistic color choices add appealing layers. Whether an old fan or newcomer to Maupin's characters, readers will be hooked on the drama, even if they might go back to the original to fill in more details.
