The City & The City

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.

Winner of Locus Award Best Fantasy Novel 2010 (UK) Winner of The Kitschies Red Tentacle Award for Best Novel 2010 (UK) Winner of The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2010 (UK) Winner of BSFA Award for Best Novel 2010 (UK) Winner of Hugo Award For Best Novel 2010 (United States) Winner of World Fantasy Awards Best Novel 2010 (UK) Short-listed for Nebula Award Best Novel 2010 (UK)

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
As intelligent as he is original The Guardian
Audacious, original and haunting Daily Mail
Daring and disturbing -- Walter Mosley, author of the bestselling Easy Rawlins Mysteries series

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.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.