
Please join us for our discussion of China Mieville's The City & The City, in which this acclaimed fantasy author gives us his unique version of a detective story. Inspector Tyador Borlu is assigned to a murder case on the edge of Beszel, an old city which shares some of the same physical space with another city, Ul Quoma. Each city retains a distinct culture, but are separated across space and time. Curious? Read and come to our discussion of this unusual book, which won several awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award.