{"product_id":"tales-of-the-city-1-tales-of-the-city-1","title":"Tales of the City","description":"\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\u003e Named 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\u003e Originally serialised in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e in 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\u003e Among 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\u003e Hurdling 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":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585345945797,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Tales_20of_20the_20City_7046f91b-0561-420e-a2da-f2cee3513253.jpg?v=1716711700","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/tales-of-the-city-1-tales-of-the-city-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}