The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin 270 pages
What it is about: Is is supposedly the last book of a series that was originally published by The San Francisco Chronicle. Extremely popular, Maupin created 8 novels prior to this one and spawned a mini-series on Showtime starring Laura Linney. In this novel, the beloved characters are back as 92 year old Anna Madrigal remembers her early life at the Blue Moon brothel and various characters converge at the Burning Man.
Should you read it? If you'd read the others you'll probably want to read this one as well. I'll admit I read it just for this reason and was disappointed. While some parts are good, there is never a big reunion of the main characters, something I was expecting, and many of the stories outside of Anna's are uninteresting. This is one case where I felt the TV show was actually better than the book. I would definitely recommend seeing Showtime's Tales of the City.
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