# This Census-Taker

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- Book: [This Census-Taker](https://www.bookquiver.com/china-mieville/this-census-taker) ([This Census-Taker.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/china-mieville/this-census-taker.md))
- Authors: [China Miéville](https://www.bookquiver.com/china-mieville)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-10-3740-696-6
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2026-04-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A short, dark fairytale, Kafka rewritten by David Mitchell, and may well be the best thing you'll read all year.