The City & the City

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE SEATTLE TIMES, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borl of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borl must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borl is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman's secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities.

Author: China Miéville
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 04/27/2010
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.54w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780345497529

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151286 / City & the City


Award: Hugo Award - Winner
Award: Locus Awards - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Asimov's Science Fiction 04/01/2011 pg. 186
Entertainment Weekly 05/20/2011 pg. 75

About the Author
China Miéville is the author of King Rat; Perdido Street Station, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; The Scar, winner of the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award; Iron Council, winner of the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Looking for Jake, a collection of short stories; and Un Lun Dun, his New York Times bestselling book for younger readers. He lives and works in London.