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This Census-taker
Hardback Edition: 1
In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event.
He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape.
When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries?
What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend?
Enemy? Or something else altogether?
Twice winner of the British Fantasy Award and three times winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, China Mieville has been described as a writer with an incomparable visionary imagination.
Featured in the School's Back 2016 Great Reads Newsletter.
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Pages : 160
Publisher : Picador
Publication date : 2016-03-01
Subjects: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime / Thrillers, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction