A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupinâs bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City
âA consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh. . . . It is Maupinâs Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly.ââ Edmund White, Times Literary Supplement
For over four decades Armistead Maupinâs Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular cultureâfrom a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of ten novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live.
Armistead Maupin is the author of the Tales of the City series, which 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, The Days of Anna Madrigal, and Mona of the Manor. His other books include the memoir Logical Family and the novels Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener. Maupin was the 2012 recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundationâs Pioneer Award. He lives in London with his husband, Christopher Turner.