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Maupin, Armistead (1944– )| US novelist and dramatist. His first six novels, from Tales of the City (1978) to Sure of You (1990), were revisions of a daily fiction serial in two newspapers in San Francisco, where they are set. |
| Through the characters in a run-down rooming house, Maupin gives a sharply delineated and ingeniously entertaining picture of urban life, especially gay life, that remains broadly optimistic even with the sad portrayal of AIDS in later volumes. He has also written the long-running play Beach Blanket Babylon (1975) and the words for the musical Heart's Desire (1990). Other novels include Maybe the Moon (1992) and The Night Listener (2000). |
| Tales of the City was adapted into a drama series by Channel 4 TV in the UK in 1994. |
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