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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} Tales Of The City is the first book in a series of eight novels by Armistead Maupin, the first three of which have been turned into TV mini-series staring [[Olympia Dukakis]] and [[Laura Linney]]. Follows the lives and loves of the residents of an apartment block in San Francisco. ▼ {{workstub}} ~~----~~ ~~'''Includes examples of:'''~~ ▲''[[Tales Ofof ~~The~~the City]]'' is the first book in a series of eight novels by Armistead Maupin, the first three of which ~~have been~~were turned into TV mini-series staring [[Olympia Dukakis]] and [[Laura Linney]]. Follows the lives and loves of the residents of an apartment block in San Francisco. {{Needs More Info}} {{tropelist}} * [[At the Opera Tonight]] * [[Axe Crazy]]: Mona's mother in "More Tales of the City" Line 15 ⟶ 19: * [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Beauchamp Day didn't kill anyone (that we know of), but he's utterly narcissistic and amoral, and the only person in the first book or miniseries (and the only male in either of them) who seems equally interested in men and women. As long as they're not his wife. * [[Executive Meddling]]: The publishers kept a close eye on the number of queer and straight characters to avoid [[Cast Full of Gay]]. * [[Expy]]: in the miniseries version of "Further," Cage Tyler is this for Rock Hudson. In the book, he was a [[Spell My Name ~~With~~with a Blank]] * [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: Arnold and Melva on the cruise to Acapulco * [[Historical Domain Character]]: {{spoiler\|Jim Jones}} * [[Historical In-Joke]]: "I don't even know where Jonestown is!" * [[Hooker ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]]: most of the girls at the Blue Moon Lodge, especially Bobbi. Mother Mucca is a madam with a heart of gold. * [[Jerkass]]: Beauchamp Day, in spades * [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]]: Mother Mucca is rather prickly (and swears like a sailor), but is overall a nice lady * [[Libation for ~~The~~the Dead]] * [[The Reveal]]: lots and lots and lots. * [[Serial Novel]]: originally published as a serial in the San Francisco Chronicle. Line 29 ⟶ 33: * [[Straw Feminist]]: Mona can come across this way on occasion * [[Squick]]: the story Burke was investigating that gave him his amnesia? {{spoiler\|a cult of cannibals}} * [[Spell My Name ~~With~~with a Blank]] * [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Dede. By {{spoiler\|the end of the second book, Dede is able to stand above the gossip and controversy that the people in the upper class live for. She also makes the conscious decision to keep her kids, despite Beauchamp's protests.}} * {{spoiler\|[[~~Transsexual~~Transsexualism]]}}: {{spoiler\|Anna Madrigal's real name is Andy Ramsey}} * [[Wham! Line]]: Given the amount of reveals and plot twists, there are a ton of these. Line 37 ⟶ 41: [[Category:Gay and Lesbian Fiction]] [[Category:Tales of the City]] [[Category:The Great American Read]] [[Category:Serial Novel]]