The Last Days of New Paris

A thriller of a war that never was. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new.

This book is weird. Then again, that's not that unexpected from a Mieville title. Quickly becoming one of my favourite authors, Mieville spins a weird, confusing, strange tale of a city being hit by a S-Bomb (literally a surrealist bomb). The story follows a resistance fighter using surrealist art brought to life to fight the Nazis and, of course, the forces of hell. This book starts weird, stays weird, and is great fun the entire time.