City of Saints and Madmen
08 May 2014Imprint: Tor
Synopsis
From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture on Netflix.
From Jeff VanderMeer, an author praised by writers such as Laren Beukes, China Miéville and Michael Moorcock, City of Saints and Madmen is by turns sensuous and terrifying. This collection of four linked novellas is the perfect introduction to VanderMeer’s vividly imagined world.
In the city of Ambergris, a would-be...
Details
08 May 2014400 pages
9781447265252Imprint: Tor
Reviews
Unsettling, erudite, dark ... Ambergris is one of my favourite haunts in fictionChina Miéville
This is fiction to stand alongside that of Calvino and BorgesGuardian
VanderMeer keeps going deeper, and finding new forms of gold
Locus
Beautifully written, virtually hallucinatory work . . . enormously rewardingPublishers Weekly
