num_pages: 754
description: Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels—the first three of which are collected in this omnibus volume—have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible documents of cultural change from the seventies through the first two decades of the new millennium.“These novels are as difficult to put down as a dish of pistachios. The reader starts playing the old childhood game of 'Just one more chapter and I'll turn out the lights,' only to look up and discover it's after midnight.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review Originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (1978), More Tales of the City (1980), and Further Tales of the City (1982) afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.Among the cast of this groundbreaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal.Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
language: English
title: 28 Barbary Lane: The Tales of the City Omnibus
titlecomplete: 28 Barbary Lane: The Tales of the City Omnibus (Tales of the City, #1-3)
characters: Anna  Madrigal, DeDe Halcyon Day, Mona Ramsey, Mary Ann Singleton, Brian Hawkins, Michael Tolliver
genres: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, LGBT, Gay, Queer, Roman, Gay Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1583
places: San Francisco, California
series: Tales of the City
publisher: Harper