Tales of the City

For more than three decades Armistead Maupinamp;#39;s Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular cultureamp;#8212;from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of six 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.