More By and About This Author. The deluxe second edition of City of Saints and Madmen, published by Prime Books, had new material added to an appendix.The cover art was surrounded by a readable short story, also new to the book. The Ambergris trilogy is made up of three novels, each of which has become a cult classic in its own right: City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch. Cover art by Scott Eagle for the second edition of Jeff VanderMeer's City of Saints and Madmen. 'The City of Saints and Madmen' is easily my favorite collection of 2001. We have new and used copies available, in 7 editions - starting at $13.06. It is a marvelous, unparalleled feat of imagination. City of elegance and squalor. City of Saints and Madmen The Book of Ambergris This edition was published in September 2001 by Cosmos Books (NJ) ID Numbers Open Library OL8822710M Internet Archive isbn_9781587154362 ISBN 10 1587154366 ISBN 13 9781587154362 OCLC/WorldCat 49541889 Library Thing 6817099 Goodreads Brand new Book. Shop now. This collection of four linked novellas is the perfect introduction to VanderMeer's vividly imagined world. You hold in your hands an invitation to a place unlike any you ve ever visited an invitation delivered by one of our most audacious and astonishing literary magicians. City Of Saints and Madmen is made up of a series of stories connected by their setting. Of religious fervor and wanton lusts. From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture on om Jeff VanderMeer, an author praised by writers such as Laren Beukes, China Mieville and Michael Moorcock, City of Saints and Madmen is by turns sensuous and terrifying. The Ambergris trilogy is made up of three novels, each of which has become a cult classic in its own right: City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch. There’s a depth to Ambergris, a heft that only comes from a fully-realized world. New Edition. Condition: New. Prime $40 (448p) ISBN 978-0-9668968-8-6. Paperback. The mention early in City of Saints and Madmen of the Borges Bookshop (it occurs a number of times later) is a pretty clear signal of how the author wants us to take his book:half gothic fantasy, half post-modernist deconstruction of the concept of a book itself. It is a marvelous, unparalleled feat of imagination. The city is bursting at its seams, seemingly held together only by the tense, fraying tendrils of his investigation. In City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff VanderMeer has reinvented the literature of the fantastic. The city is bursting at its seams, seemingly held together only by the tense, fraying tendrils of his investigation. Vandermeer displays a wide range in style and genre, starting with a Poe-esque journey into the city itself, then ranging from comedy to suspense, each voice serving to flesh out the world. City of Saints and Madmen is a collection of stories that thrust you into the fungal and odd world of Ambergris. About this Item: Pan MacMillan, United Kingdom, 2018. Language: English. Buy City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer online at Alibris. The mention early in City of Saints and Madmen of the Borges Bookshop (it occurs a number of times later) is a pretty clear signal of how the author wants us to take his book:half gothic fantasy, half post-modernist deconstruction of the concept of a book itself. ARTICLES. From Jeff VanderMeer, an author praised by writers such as Laren Beukes, China Mieville and Michael Moorcock, City of Saints and Madmen is by turns sensuous and terrifying. CITY OF SAINTS AND MADMEN Jeff VanderMeer, Author, Michael Moorcock, Introduction by.