[Tales of the City 01] • Tales of the City

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.