The City and the City by China Mieville | Book Review | Reading the Hugos

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The City and the City lives and breathes across liminal spaces, somewhere opposite doublethink. China Mieville's noir creates one of the most unique locales in fiction, a city that is two cities, Besźel and Ul Qoma.

Rather a remarkable book, isn't it?

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