China Mieville Chapter Summaries

China Mieville
China Mieville is an American and British dual citizen. Born in Norwich 1972 and grew up in Willesden. He grew up with his mother and sister due to his father’s separation from his mother almost immediately after Mieville’s birth. He is known for writing book that are categorized as Fantasy, Steampunk, New Weird, and Weird Fiction. Not only known for his writing however also known as a political activist and for his academics. He has won awards such as the Arthur C. Clarke Award, British Fantasy Award, Locus Award for Best Novel, Best Science Fiction Novel, and Best Young Adult Books. China Mieville is active in left-wing politics over in the UK while having been part or still part of different political organizations such as International Socialist Organization, and International Socialist Network. He had taught english in Egypt, with a BA in Social Anthropology at Cambridge, graduating in the year 1994. Then obtaining a master's degree and a Phd in international relations at the London School of Economics in 2001 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville). Melville's first book was published in 1998 called “King Rat” considered dark fantasy which was then followed by “Perdido Street Station” which was published in 2000. Perdido Street

Station won the Arthur C. Clarke Award which was for Best Science Fiction. (https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/china-mieville)
The City and The City is written by China Mieville.

The City and The City is about a detective trying to solve the murder of a college student that happened in two different cities. WHile attempting to have this case be given to Breach. A secret organization that abides by no laws and uses any method to track down criminals who detectives and police officers can not find. However this goes beyond not being able to solve a murder, this specific murder is the most important one that there is in recent time. The breakthrough of the investigation could ruin lifes or even more break down two governments that are close enemies and share an even closer issue, its citizens being in danger of breaking

breach.
The plot of the story is an investigator who goes to solve a murder of an unknown woman. To most people who had heard or saw the dead body thought the young lady was a prostitute or maybe she did drugs and was murdered. However an assistant who was a woman could tell that this unknown lady wasn’t a prostitute or even a druggy. She knew that this was a murder beyond just murder, it was with intention and with reason. As the main inspector came she informed him on the young lady who was killed. The inspector hesitated to agree with her but his gut feeling knew that their was more than just a lousy job of a murder.