The City & the City

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crime novel novel police procedural speculative fiction work weird fiction work

The City & the City is a genre-blending novel by China Miéville that combines police procedural crime fiction with speculative, surreal world-building centered on two overlapping cities.

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instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
speculative fiction work ⓘ
weird fiction work ⓘ
adaptationNetwork BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationType television miniseries ⓘ
adaptedAs The City & the City (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author China Miéville NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Arthur C. Clarke Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
BSFA Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConcept jurisdictional conflict ⓘ
overlapping cities ⓘ
socially enforced perception boundaries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Getty Images NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasOrganization Breach NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliceOrganization Extreme Crime Squad of Besźel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ul Qoma police NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme borders and division ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
perception and reality ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ
state power and control ⓘ
ISBN 978-0-230-70146-6 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Tyador Borlú NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
e-book ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
nominatedFor Nebula Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
pageCount approximately 312 ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
plotFocus murder investigation ⓘ
protagonist Inspector Tyador Borlú NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 2009 ⓘ
publisher Del Rey Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Besźel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ul Qoma NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Hugo Award for Best Novel → notableWinner → The City & the City ⓘ
China Miéville → notableWork → The City & the City ⓘ
Lara Pulver → notableWork → The City & the City ⓘ
this entity surface form: The City and the City