The City & The City

China Miéville

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English

Picador
01 July 2025

Crime & Mystery; Fantasy; Science Fiction

Series: Picador Collection

When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlú must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. With shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & The City is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.

By: China Miéville
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 262g
ISBN: 9781035060245
ISBN 10: 1035060248
Series: Picador Collection
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://chinamieville.net/

China Miéville lives and works in London. He is a three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice. The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparisons with the works of Kafka, Orwell and Philip K. Dick.

Reviews for The City & The City

The names of Kafka and Orwell tend to be invoked too easily for anything a bit out of the ordinary, but in this case they are worthy comparisons. * The Times * There is no one else writing stuff like this. * Dazed * Daring and disturbing -- Walter Mosley, author of the bestselling Easy Rawlins Mysteries series