Perdido Street Station by China Mi?ville (English) Paperback Book

Description: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville Brilliantly imaginative urban fantasy on a colossal scale from an award-winning author. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Compulsively readable." The Washington Post Book World"A work of exhaustive inventiveness ... superlative fantasy" Time OutThe metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its own bewildering world. Humans and mutants and arcane races throng the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the rivers are sluggish with unnatural effluent, and factories and foundries pound into the night.For more than a thousand years, the parliament and its brutal militia have ruled over a vast array of workers and artists, spies, magicians, junkies and whores. Now a stranger has come, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand, and inadvertently something unthinkable is released. Soon the city is gripped by an alien terror - and the fate of millions depends on a clutch of outcasts on the run from lawmakers and crime-lords alike.The urban nightscape becomes a hunting ground as battles rage in the shadows of bizarre buildings. And a reckoning is due at the citys heart, in the vast edifice of Perdido Street Station. It is too late to escape.PRAISE FOR CHINA MIEVILLE"[Mieville s] wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing." Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian (on Three Moments of an Explosion)"Dark and thought-provoking." The San Diego Union-Tribune (on The City & The City)"Richly conceived." The New York Times Book Review (on Embassytown)"Mieville more than delivers." San Francisco Chronicle (on Kraken) Author Biography China Mieville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award (Perdido Street Station, Iron Council and The City & The City) and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice (Perdido Street Station and The Scar). The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published in 2009 to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell (The Times) and Philip K. Dick (Guardian). His most recent novel, Kraken, was published in 2010. Review A well-written, authentically engrossing adventure story, exuberantly full of hocus-pocus . . . Miéville does not disappoint. * Daily Telegraph *A work of exhaustive inventiveness . . . superlative fantasy. * Time Out * Promotional Brilliantly imaginative urban fantasy on a colossal scale from an award-winning author Prizes Winner of The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2001 (UK) Short-listed for Nebula Award Best Novel 2003 (UK) Short-listed for BSFA Award for Best Novel 2001 (UK) Short-listed for Hugo Award For Best Novel 2002 (United States) Short-listed for World Fantasy Awards Best Novel 2001 (UK) Review Quote A well-written, authentically engrossing adventure story, exuberantly full of hocus-pocus . . . Miville does not disappoint. Promotional "Headline" Brilliantly imaginative urban fantasy on a colossal scale from an award-winning author. Details ISBN0330534238 Pages 880 Publisher Pan Macmillan Year 2011 ISBN-10 0330534238 ISBN-13 9780330534239 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Pan Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Illustrations map Language English Short Title PERDIDO STREET STATION Edition New edition Publication Date 2011-05-06 UK Release Date 2011-05-06 Audience Age 18 Audience General Author China Miéville AU Release Date 2011-06-30 NZ Release Date 2011-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36454031;

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