Armistead Maupin (Outlines Ser.)

By: Patrick Gale

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Synopsis: An intimate biography of the gay icon whose Tales of the City changed America&’s understanding of LGBT culture during the 1970s and &’80s. Step into Armistead Maupin&’s house, and you will be greeted by a strapping young gardener, a wave of marijuana smoke, and the most gracious host in the world. When he isn&’t flitting from protests to orgies, Maupin is a natural storyteller, and San Francisco is his favorite subject. Pull up a chair and prepare to be swept away on a wave of wit, gossip, and the most outrageous sexual anecdotes you&’ve ever heard. His house seems like a scene out of his legendary Tales of the City, and that&’s no accident: Every moment of his groundbreaking series was drawn, one way or another, from Maupin&’s remarkable life, from a middle-class upbringing in North Carolina to a stint in the navy during Vietnam. Maupin landed in San Francisco just in time to chronicle the gay rights revolution that was sweeping the city and the country as a whole, and from the moment his Tales were first serialized, that city was never the same. This is an intimate biography, written by Maupin&’s longtime friend, Patrick Gale. From his fling with Rock Hudson to the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, Maupin saw it all—and lived to tell the tale.