Is it Science Fiction?

I have yet to read China Mieville's The City and The City as I've been bogged down getting through Stephen KIng's The Stand, a long-promised read (the 1400 page version). I make the admission in order to clarify that I am not making a judgement on China's award-winning book. I love his other books mainly because of the literary style of his writing, and it shouts at me from the bookcase to be read.

It is fascinating through how doubt has been levelled at The City and The City as to whether it ...