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![]() | Baby Cakes (1984) (The fourth book in the Tales of the City series) A novel by Armistead Maupin |
"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."
--New York Times Book Review
When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first work of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.
"Armistead is a true original. His tales are bang up-to-date. They will surprise and maybe even shock you, but, I promise, they will make you laugh."
--Ian McKellen
"Maupin has a genius for observation. His characters have the timing of vaudeville comics, flawed by human frailty and fueled by blind hop."
--Denver Post
"Armistead Maupin's San Francisco saga careens beautifully on."
-- New York Times Book Review
Used availability for Armistead Maupin's Baby Cakes
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Hardback Editions
March 1984 : Hardback
| Title: Baby Cakes: Continuing Tales of the City Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-06-015262-1 / 978-0-06-015262-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Harpercollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes (Tales of the city) Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-552-99879-6 / 978-0-552-99879-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Transworld Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1994 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes (Tales of the City Series, V. 4) Author(s): Armistead Maupin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1994 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes (Tales of the City Series) Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-06-092483-7 / 978-0-06-092483-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1994 : Paperback
| Title: Baby Cakes: The Fourth Volume In the "Tales Of The City" Sequence Author(s): Armistead Maupin Publisher: Black Swan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1990 : Paperback
| Title: Baby Cakes Author(s): Publisher: Black Swan Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes Author(s): Armistead Maupin Publisher: Harperperennial Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1989 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-06-096407-3 / 978-0-06-096407-8 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperPerennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
November 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-552-99239-9 / 978-0-552-99239-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Black Swan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1984 : Paperback
| Title: Babycakes Author(s): Maupin Armistead ISBN: 0-06-091099-2 / 978-0-06-091099-0 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK WorldCat More details... |
Audio Editions
February 1993 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Babycakes Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 0-552-14019-8 / 978-0-552-14019-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Corgi Audio Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1990 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Babycakes-2 Cassettes Author(s): Armistead Maupin ISBN: 1-55994-276-2 / 9781559942768 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
March 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: Babycakes: Tales of the City Sequence, Volume 4 Author(s): Armistead Maupin Publisher: Transworld Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: Babycakes (Tales of the City Series) Author(s): Armistead Maupin Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1990 : Unknown
| Title: Babycakes Author(s): Publisher: Black Swan Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
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