Cities of the Red Night

Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. And in the 18th century, gay pirates have set up their own republics in South America and are at war with the conquistadors. All three stories are merged at the end in a giant trans-time, trans-space battle.

First sentence: Farnsworth, the District Health Officer, was a man so grudging in what he asked of life that every win was a loss; yet he was not without a certain plodding persistence of effort and effectiveness in his limited area.

Year

1982

Language

English

Publisher

Picador

Editions

12

Reader rating

3.8 / 5 (6)

Pages

352

ISBN

9780312278465

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