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Michael Tolliver Lives - First 1st Edition w/ Dust Jacket

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Michael Toliver, the adorable young man from Maupin's Tales of the City, has survived what seemed to be his inevitable doom from the gay plague some twenty years ago and has reached 55 years of age, is fit and living well. Now he speaks for himself, and tells of his life today and reminisces about the past.

He has found a much younger man with whom to share his life, Ben, someone who delights in the older man, someone who was happy to marry him. Michael takes us through his day to day life, his concerns for his ailing mother, and we find his life still populated with many of the characters from Tales of the City. We are also updated on many of the events that have befallen these characters since we last encountered them.

What shines through this novel, apart from the delightful Michael, is the quality of the writing, Maupin has a way with words that makes you believe, Michael comes across as a real person, not a fictional character. This in no way diminishes the humour, the wit, but certainly adds to the tenderness, the touching quality, the love.

Michael Toliver Lives is one of Maupin's best, a gem of a story that can make you laugh out loud as easily as it can move you to tears, an absolutely delightful, positive tale.