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Tales of the City

By: Armistead Maupin
Narrated by: Frances McDormand
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Introduction written and read by Rachel Maddow • Narrated by Frances McDormand

The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City

“A consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh. . . . . It is Maupin’s Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly.”— Edmund White, Times Literary Supplement

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 ten 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.

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I was so happy to see this series on audible. I plan to listen to the whole series now. I watched the new 2019 Tales of the City on Netflix and didn't know it was from the original series which is of course from the books first. It's all making sense now and I can't wait to read or listen to the rest of the books in the series. The narration by Frances was such a treat.

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