Customer Reviews
Flawless - By: Hugh Sutherland, 04 Apr 2006 
It's hard to judge these books individuallly, infact it's somewhat impossible. I have read this series many times over the last ten years & each time they have a different meaning, whether it's a new discovery or a shift in sympathy for a different character.
This book marks a significant change in the lives of the characters & also in Maupin's style. The humour & satire are present as always but a very obvious maturity is seen both in the residents of Barbary Lane & the political climate, with the advent of HIV/AIDS in the early 80's under American Rebublic rule.
Despite the significant change in the characters, they remain as friendly. heartwarming & delightfuly familiar as always.
a classic !! - By: Peter Meanwell-ralph, 28 Feb 2004 Babycakes is just one in the Tales of the City series of books. The whole 'Tales' series is absolutely amazing & 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 generallly focus on a specific character in the book of which there are several & 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 & 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.
Beautiful - By: Mrs. K. A. Wheatley, 02 Apr 2001 Armistead may be a gay writer, but if that would normallly put you off, don't let it. The whole of humanity is in these books, they are deeply affecting, beautiful, life affirming books. I would take them on a desert island. I would take them anywhere & recommend them to anyone.
praise for maupin - By: , 05 Mar 2001 if you love armistead maupin you will love this one - i read alll the set of books within 5 weeks - once you get started you can not stop & you will want to save these books to come back to year after year ...... it is almost like the characters are part of your family he reallly makes them come alive off the page....praise for armistead & lets hope there are many more to come yet.....
