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Significant Others (Tales of the City)

Significant Others (Tales of the City)

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Author: Armistead Maupin
Publisher: Black Swan
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 38622

Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5 x 1

ISBN: 055299880X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780552998802
ASIN: 055299880X

Publication Date: June 19, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a classic !!   February 28, 2004
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

Significant Others is just one in the Tales of the City series of books. The whole 'Tales' series is absolutely amazing and you'll find it difficult to put them down once you've started reading.
The chapters are very short which means that these books are perfect for reading on the tube or when you have only a short time to read in one sitting. Each chapter will generally focus on a specific character in the book of which there are several and these are followed throughout the whole series.

Do start with 'Tales of the City' book first, as the books do run in sequence.

The first three books have been made into films and part of them were screened on television several years ago. However the DVD's are available on amazon.com (the american amazon website) but only in region 1 unfortunately. Many DVD players do now play region 1 but need to check on your machine first before ordering them from amazon's amercian website.


5 out of 5 stars Buy this now.   April 2, 2001
 1 out of 4 found this review helpful

Armistead Maupin is one of the greatest living authors of this century. The pinnacle of his achievement is the Tales of the City series of which this is the fourth. It is wonderful in every way. Great characters, totally stylish, witty, moving, political, sexually liberated and enormous fun. By the time you have read this far you will love all the characters to death and there are some great nail biting scenes based on the cult figure of Jim Jones. Just buy it, buy them all.


5 out of 5 stars By far the best book in the series!   March 28, 2000
I have read all of Maupin's books and I think that every single one of them is brilliant. However if I had to pick a favourite it would definitely be 'Significant Others'. It has to be one of the funniest books ever written and I found all the lesbian camp scenes contained some of Maupin's best and most highly strung plotlines.


5 out of 5 stars An excellent fifth installment to the Barbary Lane saga.   January 28, 1999
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The series goes on in leaps and bounds. The Tales of...series are one of the few sets of books to make me laugh and cry-usually within the same chapter. The usual characters that I have come to love are all there,finding new loves and facing the dark spector of AIDS. Classy writing. I'm looking forward to starting Sure Of You, just dreading finishing it.