Babycakes (novel)

Babycakes (novel)

infobox Book |
name = Babycakes
title_orig =
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image_caption = 1st edition cover
author = Armistead Maupin
illustrator =
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country = USA
language = English
series = "Tales of the City"
genre = Novel
publisher = Harper & Row
release_date = 1984
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 220 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-060-91099-2
preceded_by = Further Tales of the City
followed_by = Significant Others

"Babycakes" (1984) is the fourth book in the "Tales of the City" series by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin, originally serialized in the "San Francisco Chronicle".

"Babycakes" is often cited as the first work of fiction to address the AIDS pandemic.fact|date=July 2007

Plot elements

The novel begins with the revelation of Jon Fielding's death from AIDS. His lover Michael must cope with it - and the new "problems" arising from his sex-related behaviour. All is not bleak, but it certainly marks the end of the 70s into the early 80s.

After being absent from "Further Tales of the City", the character of Mona Ramsey returns to the "Tales" series in this book. Mona, now aged, 37 is living and working in Seattle the supposed 'San Francisco of the 80's.'


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