The Night Listener

Armistead Maupin

This is a first person, possibly autobiographical novel. It is something like Tales of the City, but does not work so well. It contains references to readings on the radio - presumably of Tales of the City. It is emotionally over-sentimental and judgmental in the area of sexual politics. It has an interesting plot though you never really find out what you want to know. The plot twists upon itself and appears to be deliberately contradictory.
Andrew 8/10/00

Doreen commented that she had enjoyed the Tales of the City and had looked forward to reading AM's latest. This book, however, was not a patch on them. Doreen found the story to be interesting enough and described it as 'a bit like a Russian doll', however, one problem wshe had with this book was that she was unsure as to whether it was the author's real life or not. She also felt it simply did not have enough in it.
Doreen 3/11/00

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