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Tales of the City

by Armistead Maupin

A San Francisco community in changing times

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Awards & Recognition

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    Praise from The New York Times Book Review

    The review calls the novel “An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

A San Francisco community in changing times

The first novel in Armistead Maupin’s nine-book Tales of the City sequence introduces the residents of 28 Barbary Lane, a fictional San Francisco apartment house. The book combines comedy of manners with a portrait of an era the publisher describes as one that changed the way people live. Its apartment-house setting gives the novel a shared social world, while its place at the beginning of the series offers an entry point into Maupin’s broader San Francisco saga.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in novels centered on apartment-house communities and their residents.
  • Readers seeking literary fiction set in San Francisco.
  • Readers who want to begin the Tales of the City series with its first novel.

Themes

Community and urban lifeSocial changeSan FranciscoComedy of manners

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Book overview

"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."--New York Times Book Review

The novel that spawned the beloved and enduring Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's groundbreaking and hugely successful San Francisco saga--now available as a special Harper Perennial Olive Edition.

For almost four decades, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed a unique 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 of the City is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that forever changed the way we live.

Harper Perennial Olive Editions are exclusive small-format editions of some of our bestselling and celebrated titles, and feature unique hand-drawn cover illustrations. All Olive Editions are available for a limited time only.

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