num_pages: 371
description: The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series once again starring Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis.Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityA PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickFor 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.
language: English
title: Tales of the City
titlecomplete: Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
characters: Brian Hawkins, Mona Ramsey, Anna  Madrigal, Michael Tolliver, Mary Ann Singleton
genres: Audiobook, Literature, Queer, Classics, Novels, LGBT, Gay, Fiction, Humor, Contemporary
ratings_count: 43223
places: California, San Francisco, California
series: Tales of the City
publisher: Harper Perennial