![]() ![]() One probable cause was that Maupin adopted the first-person voice, thus embodying Tolliver, whereas the Tales, with their Dickensian canvas and Chekhovian egalitarian sympathies, had always required omniscient narration. ![]() There was a welcome message contained in the title – that "Mouse" Tolliver, a character who turned HIV-positive in Sure of You (1989), had survived the Aids epidemic, thanks to the restorative power of protease inhibitors.īeyond that, though, the novel had seemingly little to say, and still less dramatic spirit. ![]() When Armistead Maupin first returned to the world of Barbary Lane, San Francisco, resurrecting the characters of his hugely popular, six-volume Tales of the City series for Michael Tolliver Lives (2007), the effect was underwhelming. This novel is extremely good in familiar ways – and therein, precisely, lies its surprise. ![]()
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