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THE CITY AND THE CITY |
Author: China MievilleOriginal Publisher: UK Pan Macmillan |
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Rights Sold:Czech World - Laser Books s.r.o.German - Bastei Luebbe GmbH & Co. KG Polish - Wydawnictwo Zysk i S-ka Finnish - Karisto Publishers French World - Univers Poche SA |
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China Mieville's new novel is an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other, real or imagined. It begins with a body. A murdered woman is dumped in a housing project in Beszel, a city perhaps in Eastern Europe. The case is assigned to Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. As he finds out facts about the victim's identity, where she came from, and the dangerous research in which she was involved- Borlu realises that this is no ordinary case and his investigations must take him to the other city, the one quite different from his own, a place called Ul Quomo. Partnered with Ul Quoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borlu finds himself enmeshed in a sordid underworld of terrorist factions. But it is the nature of the murdered woman's research that is most troubling. As the two detectives follow the victim's footsteps, they begin to suspect a deadly truth that, if uncovered, could cost them more than their lives. Praise 'Fans of hard-boiled mysteries and literary suspense will love THE CITY AND THE CITY, China Mieville's ingenious breakout novel that imagines two cities coexisting on the eastern edge of Europe: one dying, one thriving, and both home to a host of mysterious secrets.' Amazon's 'Best Books of the Year... So Far', July 2009 |
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