[quote=Harry Tuttle]Your owl appears to have changed sir, or are you an imposter?Originally Posted by gentlemenpreferhats
Whilst I was reading the book I got a strong sense of Budapest but Buda and Pest don't overlap as far as I know.[/quote:2tq9kpg9]
I changed my Owl a few weeks ago. Are you stalking me?
I can't find my copy this evening but I'm fairly sure Mr Mielville namechecked Jan Morris. Mr (or is it Mrs?) Morris wrote a great deal about Trieste, another city with multiple overlappng populatons. Mr Mieville seems to have taken this to its logical political, economic, social and psychological extreme. I've not been to Budapest but his book reminded me of the older Middle Eastern cities with their unmarked ghettos for Jews, Christians, Armenians, Turks etc.
I like The City and the City' for its mix of travel lit, police procedural, science fiction and its mindbending originality.