{"product_id":"9781804994252-tales-of-the-city","title":"Tales Of The City","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in the beloved\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eseries, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from the seventies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed as one of the BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Novels,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick and Britain’s favourite gay\/lesbian novel from \u003ci\u003eThe Big Gay Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally serialised in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003ein the 1970s\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Armistead Maupin’s \u003ci\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/i\u003e afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the cast of this ground-breaking 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHurdling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41532869771361,"sku":"9781804994252","price":10.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32316571.jpg?v=1737187145","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804994252-tales-of-the-city","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}