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In China Miéville’s award‑winning novel, Inspector Tyador Borlú is sent from the jagged, authoritarian city of Besźel to the seemingly silent industrial hub of Ul Qoma. A woman has been found murdered, and the investigation forces him to confront the peculiar, split‑world arrangement that keeps the two cities separate in mind, law, and culture. Borlú’s pursuit of truth uncovers the tensions that lie beneath the transnational border that the residents of both cities themselves are taught not to see.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: China Miéville
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