Several characters from early in the series are dead, and we want all our remaining friends to get a long farewell. Landlady Anna Madrigal is 92 and retired. Still, how can we imagine San Francisco without them? Michael Tolliver, Mary Ann Singleton and Brian Hawkins are all in their 60s. But we also know that their creator wouldn't speak so openly of their "days" or their lives "in autumn" if the plan was to keep them around forever. We won't ever be ready to leave the residents and landlady of 28 Barbary Lane. That book, " Michael Tolliver Lives," was followed by 2010's "Mary Ann in Autumn." His beloved characters are several decades older, as is San Francisco, which has seen two tech booms, a major earthquake and a couple of World Series victories. His new novel, "The Days of Anna Madrigal," is billed as "the ninth and final" in his "Tales of the City" series, but we've seen it coming since Maupin's 2007 return to the story.
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