The Last Days of New Paris

by China Miéville

First published 2016

In war-torn 1941 Marseille, an occult engineer taps a power beyond dreams and nightmares, transforming Paris into a hallucinogenic hellscape. Decades later, a Surrealist fighter navigates the city's living art and texts, joining forces with a photographer to confront the forces of chaos and uncover dangerous secrets.

Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate-history, surreal

Vibes: atmospheric, dark, thought-provoking

Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator

Setting: Paris, France

Period: 1941, Decades Later

205 pages · Hardcover · Del Rey

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