Kraken

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Kraken is a dark urban fantasy novel by China Miéville that centers on a mysteriously vanished giant squid and the occult underworld of London.

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instanceOf dark urban fantasy novel
novel
author China Miéville NERFINISHED
awardNomination Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel NERFINISHED
centralPlotElement apocalyptic cults
magical underground factions
mysteriously vanished giant squid
containsElement London crime underworld NERFINISHED
magic
magical unions and guilds
occult practices
talking tattoos
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception generally positive reviews
followedBy Embassytown NERFINISHED
genre dark fantasy
urban fantasy
weird fiction
hasCharacter Collingswood NERFINISHED
Dane Parnell NERFINISHED
Goss NERFINISHED
Subby NERFINISHED
The Tattoo
Wati NERFINISHED
hasISBN 978-0-230-71299-1
language English
mainCharacter Billy Harrow NERFINISHED
marketedAs standalone novel
narrativeStyle third-person narration
notableFor blend of crime, fantasy, and satire
inventive magical London setting
pageCount approximately 500
partOf China Miéville bibliography NERFINISHED
precededBy The City & the City NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation museum curator
publicationDate 2010
publisher Del Rey Books NERFINISHED
Macmillan NERFINISHED
setting London, England
surface form: London

occult underworld of London
targetAudience adult readers
theme apocalypse
belief and faith
bureaucracy and power
religion and cults
urban mythology

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