More Tales of the City

Once again I return to visit the residents of 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco to read about their adventures in "More Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin. The novel is a continuation of the stories established in "Tales of the City," a work that was first published in chronicle form in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Again, the chapters are very short, consisting of a couple pages in length. The stories of the main characters are funny, endearing and at times can be sad. Though some of the plot devices can be a little over the top and some of the characterizations can be mellow dramatic, I really enjoyed this book and series thus far. I look forward to starting "Further Tales of the City" in the near future.

Highly recommended for it's great characters and easy read. Some may be turned off by the soap opera quality of certain aspects of the stories but this is probably more of a problem of format where each chapter was first published in chronicle form and not as a whole in a novel.