Quotes from bookThe City & the City
The City & the City is a novel by British author China Miéville that follows a wide-reaching murder investigation in two separate cities that occupy the same space simultaneously, combining weird fiction with the police procedural. It was written as a gift for Miéville's terminally ill mother, who was a fan of the latter genre. The novel was published by Macmillan on 15 May 2009.
“It is more foolish and childish to assume there is a conspiracy, or that there is not?”
China Miéville book The City & the City
Source: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 13 (p. 141)
“He tried to grin but it did not go well.”
China Miéville book The City & the City
Source: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 28 (p. 297)
“There is no theology so desperate that you can’t find it.”
China Miéville book The City & the City
Source: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 4 (p. 38)
