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Back to Barbary Lane (Identities and Issues in Literature)

The Work

In 1991, Armistead Maupin released a collection of the final three works in his Tales of the City series, grouping them under the title Back to Barbary Lane: The Final Tales of the City Omnibus. The naturalistic novels Babycakes (1984), Significant Others (1987), and Sure of You (1989) deal with Michael Tolliver’s continuing recovery from the loss of his lover to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). They reflect Maupin’s main theme—acceptance of and compassion for all people.

Babycakes is a psychological study of...

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