
Railsea
Author: China Miéville
Illustrator: China Miéville
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Reviewed on August 5, 2012 by Sunny Solomon
Illustrator: China Miéville
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Reviewed on August 5, 2012 by Sunny Solomon


–adjective
1. Of or characterized by a highly developed or wide-ranging skill or proficiency: “The compleat speechwriter … comes to anonymity from Harvard Law” (Israel Shenker).
2. Being an outstanding example of a kind; quintessential: “Here was the compleat modern misfit: the very air appeared to poison him; his every step looked treacherous and hard won” (Stephen Schiff).
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