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Long awaited and worth that wait - Armistead Maupin finally tells us his story

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In this funny, poignant and unflinchingly honest memoir, one of the world´s best-loved storytellers explains how he evolved from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to claim their own lives. It is a journey that leads him from the racism and misogyny of mid-century North Carolina to a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to an awkward conversation about girls with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office of the White House. After losing his virginity to another man ´on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired´, Maupin packs his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a portrait of a Confederate ancestor) and heads west to that strangest of strange lands: San Francisco in the early 1970´s.

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"Master storyteller Armistead Maupin - the man who defined the difference between ´a biological family´ and ´a logical family,´ who is both gifted with fearless art and the ability to speak for millions - finally tells his own story. Logical Family is a sweet, filthy peach of a memoir from a cultural explosion of a man" Caitlin Moran

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Armistead Maupin is the author of Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener, Michael Tolliver Lives and Mary Ann in Autumn. Three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. The Night Listener became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

For more information on Armistead Maupin and his books, see his website at www.armisteadmaupin.com

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