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The 2011 Award

 

Mieville

The City and The City

by China Miéville

 

 

Nominated by:

  • Stockholm Public Library, Sweden.

 

Publisher of Nominated Edition:

Del Rey, USA

 

The complete A-Z listing of nominated authors
ABOUT THE BOOK

 
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 Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Bezel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbour, 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, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid under-world of nationalists intent on destroying their neighbouring victim 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 that 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.

(From Publisher).
 

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR


China Miéville is the author of many novels, he lives and works in London.

LIBRARIAN'S COMMENTS

Science fiction? Detective story? Who cares when Miéville examines the border between fantasy and real life. What constitutes what and what matters for you?

 

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