Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin’s cult Tales of the City novels continue with Mary Ann in Autumn. Returning to San Francisco, Mary Ann Singleton takes refuge in the house of her gay best friend Michael Tolliver, and struggles to take stock of her life after recent catastrophe. Through a social circle that includes a socialite, a sex blogger and a transgendered gardener, Maupin explores a range and depth of human experience and produces a novel of intelligence, empathy and dark wit.