The City & The City by China MiévilleMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is good, solid murder-mystery-thriller with a pretty intriguing twist. The whole thing takes place within two city-states occupying the same geographic area. So although the two cities are intermingled and generally mixed together, residents as a matter of course make a point of not seeing (or "unseeing" as they call it) anything that is a part of the "other" city. And while it may sound just outlandish enough to stretch the credulity of the whole story, Mieville actually makes it work by offering it as just another of those things we all do, without question, to keep society functioning in the manner to which we are accustomed.
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