At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Joel Cunningham paired eleven "literary" novels that include elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror with works more clearly at home among those genres, including:
If you were haunted by Ben H. Winters' existential detective story The Last Policeman, read The City & the City, by China Miéville. Like the detective in Winters' novel, who wrestles with the futility of his job in the face of imminent impact by a world-killing comet, the protagonist of Miéville's noir pastiche must struggle against inertia in a society that would rather he didn't.
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the other entries on the list.
My Book, The Movie: The Last Policeman.
The Page 69 Test: The Last Policeman.
The Page 69 Test: Countdown City.
--Marshal Zeringue
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