This article is about the novel Further Tales of the City; see Further Tales of the City (miniseries) for the TV adaptation and Tales of the City

Tales of the City

Tales of the City refers to a series of eight novels written by American author Armistead Maupin. The stories from Tales were originally serialized prior to their novelization, with the first four titles appearing as regular installments in the San Francisco Chronicle, while the fifth appeared in...

 for the entire series of novels

Further Tales of the City (1982

1982 in literature

The year 1982 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*La Bicyclette Bleue by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.-New books:...

) is the third book in the Tales of the City

Tales of the City

Tales of the City refers to a series of eight novels written by American author Armistead Maupin. The stories from Tales were originally serialized prior to their novelization, with the first four titles appearing as regular installments in the San Francisco Chronicle, while the fifth appeared in...

series by San Francisco

San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

 novelist Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin

Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, based in San Francisco.-Early life:...

, originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

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.

This novel takes place in 1981 during the first year of the Reagan Administration

Reagan Administration

The United States presidency of Ronald Reagan, also known as the Reagan administration, was a Republican administration headed by Ronald Reagan from January 20, 1981, to January 20, 1989....

 and imagines that the real-life figure of Jim Jones

Jim Jones

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 survives the Jonestown massacre. The book also captures the tail end of the post-Stonewall

Stonewall riots

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, pre-AIDS

AIDS

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 era of decadence in the gay culture of the early 1980s as the Michael Tolliver character explores his promiscuous side after breaking up with Jon Fielding.