RaveThe Los Angeles Review of Books...a recasting of the Russian Revolution as a captivating narrative … Because Miéville is so narrowly focused on the moment, seldom shifting into the near future and never to our own era, these passages have a special power; we feel we are seeing these figures in real time, yet we can’t help bringing the future to bear on them … Like any good storyteller, Miéville revels in the phantasmagoric aspects of this true tale. As factions battle in the streets during the ‘July Days,’ Russia’s middle and upper classes fall into a nihilistic decadence … The achievement of October is to make this history fresh and urgent. The age of communist revolutions may be a distant memory, but the drive for social change, be it peaceful or violent, is not.
Michael Tolkin
RaveThe Los Angeles Review of Books...an original and absorbing novel — written in clear, rich prose — that imagines a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles where dystopia is fine-tuned to our present turmoil ... It is hard to imagine a better writer to conjure a vision of a demolished and encaged Los Angeles than Tolkin ... This is a novel that thrives on pure vision. The plot flows well, and its vivid characters and ideas make it an immersive experience ... NK3 is nightmare and satire, thriller and warning. Crafted by a master storyteller, it is a haunting parable about civilization marching forward, while forgetting what it leaves behind.
