Although the story does have one, it’s more like a collection of lots of sub-plots which are expertly interwoven throughout the novel ( kind of like in a good sitcom episode). Not to mention that some of the comedy comes from how all of the story’s various sub-plots connect with each other too.Īnd, yes, I should probably talk about this novel’s plot. In addition to several laugh out loud moments, a lot of the novel’s humour tends to be more of a constant background thing that really helps to keep the story amusingly compelling throughout. This novel contains a really good mixture of irreverent humour, character-based humour, cynical humour, social satire, complex humour, farce, parody ( eg: the soap opera style storyline with DeDe) and eccentric humour. I should probably start by talking about the novel’s comedy elements. It’s also an utterly brilliant piece of classic LGBT fiction too. In other words, this is a wonderfully quirky novel that will make you laugh out loud and cry with joy. One of the first things that I will say about this novel is that it is amazing 🙂 It’s a complex, relaxing and gleefully hedonistic comedy novel that is so much fun to read 🙂 In addition to having a wonderful atmosphere, amazing writing and brilliant characters, this is the kind of novel that has a level of personality and humanity to it that is comparable to Neil Gaiman’s “ Sandman” comics. Plus, following the events of the previous novel, DeDe is several months pregnant with twins and her husband Beauchamp isn’t particularly happy about it, given that he isn’t the father…. Meanwhile, Brian Hawkins is looking for a girlfriend and finds himself both spying on and being spied upon by a mysterious woman living in a nearby tower block.

Of course, things take a slightly unexpected turn when Mona learns more about her travelling companion. On the way, she meets a kindly old woman who is travelling to Winnemucca, Nevada and decides to travel with her. Meanwhile, Mona Ramsay decides to leave San Francisco. Of course, after they spot a mysterious handsome man by the pool, they aren’t sure who should ask him out… So, the two of them decide to go on a cruise to Mexico. After the events of the previous novel, Mary Ann has inherited $5000 from her previous boss. It is Valentine’s day, so Mary Ann Singleton and her GBF Michael Tolliver are making hilariously irreverent Valentine’s day resolutions. The novel takes place in San Francisco in 1977 and follows the inhabitants of a boarding house run by an old hippie called Mrs.

This is the Black Swan (UK) paperback reprint of “More Tales Of The City” that I read.

More tales of the city book