01571cam a2200337 i 4500 368653500 TxAuBib 20190122120000.0 151005s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015037269 9781101967324 1101967323 (OCoLC)908517395 TxAuBib rda Miéville, China,. This census-taker : a novella / China Miéville. First edition. New York : Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, [2016] 210 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He tries--and fails--to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether?"-- Provided by publisher. 20190122. Fathers and sons Fiction. Strangers Fiction. Census takers (Persons) Fiction. Fantasy fiction. English fiction 21st century. Detective and mystery fiction.