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Tales of the City

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Book
14
Narrator
3
Release Date
March 26, 2013
Duration
7 hours 40 minutes
Summary
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.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Stephen K. Jul 2023

This Gay classic features loveable characters, depicts an era that many recall fondly, and evokes an optimistic attitude that seems to have faded in more recent times. The tale is episodic and a bit pointillist; each segment can stand on its own but taken together a bigger, more in-depth, and possibly more important picture is formed. The narrator does a good job of relating the material, giving each character a distinct enough sound so as to keep the different voices from being muddled together while not going into the full-on attempts at "voice acting" that can ruin some audiobook adaptations.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2021

loved everything about thus audio book

Profile Avatar Mchael Zimmerman Mar 2016

Have already read the first few of this series and love the characters. Not sure about the narration, it seemed lackluster to me.

Profile Avatar Rose Prevost Aug 2014

There was nothing going on to keep me going. I think this a rare case where the tv mini series is probably better than reading the book. Although I have not seen it.

Tales of the City

Tales of the City

Author: Armistead Maupin
Read by: Frances McDormand
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