The Twenty-Seventh City

The Twenty-Seventh City

528 pages
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Published: 1 Jan 1988
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ISBN: 9780312420147

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Picador

Publication date: 8 September 2001

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Description

St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, The Twenty-Seventh City shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.