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The phrase "a tale about him" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a story or narrative that centers around a specific person.
Example: "The book is a tale about him, detailing his adventures and struggles throughout his life."
Alternatives: "a story concerning him" or "a narrative featuring him".
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Mr Coogan revealed that he had bartered with a reporter from one newspaper about which embarrassing details should be included in a tale about him.
There was a tale about him queue-barging at a gas station, while off-duty, during a petrol shortage.
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"I got a life, is basically what happened". The poet and critic Craig Raine had been a tutor at her college, and one day she was regaling him with a tale about "this boyfriend I'd had, in sort of graphic, ghastly detail.
A conversation with alumni about overseas campuses turns into a tale about a puppy his children gave him, his decision to invest in his only suit ("I'm not what you call elegant"), and a story about meeting the Israeli Ambassador, which becomes an account of how his brother-in-law told him, "You reek of goyosity".
"It took him one week to create a tale about what happened and to blame opposition in this," she said.
Ghost story, a tale about ghosts.
This is not a tale about glory days.
"Snatched" is a tale about the costs of man-craziness.
Ends with a tale about a Labour M.P. who is involved in a scandal.
On the surface this is a tale about a regular girl with a pointless magical power.
In August, Rowan submitted a tale about futuristic pirates called "Innocents Abroad".
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