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Violence
A lot
Revolutionary violence; deaths; brutal combat
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual content; a sex worker collective
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of labor, revolution, and the difficulty of maintaining utopia in motion
What this book is about
The third Bas-Lag novel (2004) interweaves the story of the Iron Council, a train-city of escaped workers and prostitutes perpetually moving to avoid capture, with a revolutionary uprising in New Crobuzon. Features violence, sexual content, and radical politics. For adults.
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Violence
Sexual content
Strong language
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