<P> A four - part television adaptation by the BBC was broadcast in 2018 . </P> <P> Inspector Tyador Borlú, of the Extreme Crime Squad in the fictional European city - state of Besźel, investigates the murder of Mahalia Geary, a foreign student found dead with her face disfigured, in a Besźel street . He soon learns that Geary had been involved in the political and cultural turmoil involving Besźel and its "twin city" of Ul Qoma . His investigations start in his home city of Besźel, lead him to Ul Qoma to assist the Ul Qoman police in their work, and eventually result in an examination of the legend of Orciny, a rumoured third city existing in the spaces between Besźel and Ul Qoma . </P> <P> The City & the City takes place in the fictional European cities of Besźel and Ul Qoma . The precise location of these cities is not described . </P> <P> These two cities actually occupy much of the same geographical space, but via the volition of their citizens (and the threat of the secret power known as Breach), they are perceived as two different cities . A denizen of one city must dutifully "unsee" (that is, consciously erase from their mind or fade into the background) the denizens, buildings, and events taking place in the other city--even if they are an inch away . This separation is emphasised by the style of clothing, architecture, gait, and the way denizens of each city generally carry themselves . Residents of the cities are taught from childhood to recognise things belonging to the other city without actually seeing them . Ignoring the separation, even by accident, is called "breaching"--a terrible crime for the citizens of the two cities, even worse than murder . The origin of this odd situation is unclear, as it started at an uncertain time in the past, perhaps before recorded European history . Residents of the cities speak different languages that use distinct alphabets, but that nonetheless have a common root and share a degree of mutual intelligibility . </P>

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