Meiville normally write weird fiction with a heavy handed communist slant e.g. mutant railroad workers revolt against their capitalist masters and escape by laying and digging up tracks as fast as the train moves, they form a collective and live happily ever after.
The City & the City is his style, but constrained to the structure of a noir mystery novel. Classic gritty cop, loose cannon partner, dead woman, many suspects, second victim, big gunfight, climatic unmasking etc.
The set pieces Meiville is forced to work with results in an incredibly creative and enjoyable ride.
Note: this is not fantasy, it is a noir written by a fantasy writer. Many disappointed readers resulted from this misconception.
Meiville normally write weird fiction with a heavy handed communist slant e.g. mutant railroad workers revolt against their capitalist masters and escape by laying and digging up tracks as fast as the train moves, they form a collective and live happily ever after.
The City & the City is his style, but constrained to the structure of a noir mystery novel. Classic gritty cop, loose cannon partner, dead woman, many suspects, second victim, big gunfight, climatic unmasking etc.
The set pieces Meiville is forced to work with results in an incredibly creative and enjoyable ride.
Note: this is not fantasy, it is a noir written by a fantasy writer. Many disappointed readers resulted from this misconception.