The number one international bestseller by the author of Tales of the City'Wonderful, funny, poignant and gutsy’ Mademoiselle‘Scathingly funny, haunting…Maupin enlightens, entertains and empowers his readers’ Atlanta Journal‘Highly funny and deeply poignant…With a heartfelt resonance few male writers ever accomplish' Boston Herald‘Perfectly pitched and heartbreaking. There hasn't been a funnier, or sadder, novel this year’ Entertainment Weekly__________All of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where - as she says - 'you can die of encouragement'. Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask. After a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star.From her infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular, harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance, we track our spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so hare-brained and daring that it just might succeed...Maybe the Moon is the poignant and moving tale of an outsider told from the inside which eloquently speaks to the resilience of the human spirit.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-13
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781446497630
Förlag:Transworld Publishers Ltd

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Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 but was brought up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in Vietnam before moving to California in 1971 as a reporter for the Associated Press. In 1976 he launched his daily newspaper serial, Tales of the City, in the San Francisco Chronicle. The first fiction to appear in an American daily for decades, Tales grew into an international sensation when compiled and rewritten as novels. Maupin's six-volume Tales of the City sequence - Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, and Sure of You - are now multi-million bestsellers published in eleven languages. The first three of these novels were adapted into widely acclaimed television mini-series. Maupin's 1992 novel, Maybe the Moon, chronicling the adventures of the world's shortest woman, was a number one bestseller. His novel The Night Listener was made into a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette in 2006.Armistead Maupin lives in San Francisco, California. For more information about Armistead Maupin and his work, please visit his official author website at: www.armisteadmaupin.com

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"'An enormously talented writer- witty but always sympathetic, generous in showing us the secrets of the heart'" -- Amy Tan "'A hugely enjoyable, glamorous read'" -- Elspeth Barker Independent on Sunday "'People buy his books the way they buy a line of gourmet soups or designer coffee, for the literary equivalent of a fix, with a trademark guarantee of style, effortless charm and frisky humour'" -- Peter Matthews Observer "'A consummate entertainer... Maupin has created a funny, memorable character in Cadence Roth'" -- Edmund White The Times Literary Supplement "'Maybe the Moon will disappoint only the envious. Rich, moving, sexy and funny, it also has a pleasingly angry streak'" -- Patrick Gale Daily Telegraph