The City & the City
2009 science fiction novel by China Miéville / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The City & the City is a novel by British author China Miéville that follows a wide-reaching murder investigation in two cities that exist side by side, each of whose citizens are forbidden to go into or acknowledge the other city, combining weird fiction with the police procedural. It was written as a gift for Miéville's terminally ill mother, who was a fan of the latter genre.[1] The novel was published by Macmillan on 15 May 2009.
Author | China Miéville |
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Cover artist | Christopher Papasadero |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Crime, Weird fiction |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 15 May 2009 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 312 |
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ISBN | 1-4050-0017-1 |
OCLC | 316836327 |
The novel won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle; tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for a Nebula Award and John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[2]
A four-part television adaptation by the BBC was broadcast in 2018.