Synopses & Reviews
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed a singular trail through popular culture from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of six novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a wry comedy of manners and a deeply involving portrait of a vanished era.
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"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco." New York Times Book Review
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"A consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh....It is Maupin's Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly." Edmund White, Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Armistead Maupin is the author of the nine-volume Tales of the City series that includes
Tales of the City,
More Tales of the City,
Further Tales of the City,
Babycakes,
Significant Others,
Sure of You,
Michael Tolliver Lives,
Mary Ann in Autumn, and now
The Days of Anna Madrigal. The first three books were made into three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney. Maupins other books include
Maybe the Moon and
The Night Listener. Maupin was the 2012 recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundations Pioneer Award. He lives in Santa Fe with his husband, the photographer Christopher Turner.