{"product_id":"9781804994252","title":"Tales Of The City","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Maupin, Armistead \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/03\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781804994252,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from the seventies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed as one of the BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Novels, a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick and Britain’s favourite gay\/lesbian novel from The Big Gay ReadOriginally serialised in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970s, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42409677455404,"sku":"9781804994252","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781804994252.jpg?v=1705303417","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9781804994252","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}