Tales of the City - A Novel

An Olive Edition Title The novel that spawned the entire Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin''s hugely successful San Francisco saga--now available in a limited Olive Edition "An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."--New York Times Book Review For almost four decades Armistead Maupin''s Tales of the City has blazed its own 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 nine 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.

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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
"An enormously talented writer-witty but always sympathetic, generous in showing us the secrets of his heart...By writing about what's seemingly different Armistead Maupin always manages to capture what's so hilariously painfully true for all of us." - Amy Tan
"Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced. . . . As with the Beatles, everyone seems to like Maupin's tales-and really, why would you want to find someone who didn't?" - Salon
"Maupin is a peerless visionary who created a queer community of friends decades ago and is still at the top of his game." - Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: Armistead Maupin
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2025
• EAN: 9780063458406
• ISBN: 978-0-06-345840-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Harper Perennial Olive Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Romance, Short Stories, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Relating to lesbians, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Humorous / General, FICTION: Satire, LGBTQ STUDIES: LITERATURE, LITERATURE: L G B T Q, FICTION: Friendship, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Transgender, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, LGBTQ Studies / Literature, Literature / LGBTQ