- City and town life, Fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay
A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin.
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Classical in form, character-led, effortless and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Armistead Maupin
- First published
- August 23, 2001
- Pages
- 274
- Publisher
- Editions 10/18, Transworld Publishers Limited, BLACK SWAN (TWLD)
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9783499134463
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