num_pages: 528
description: St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, The Twenty-Seventh City shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy. 
language: English
title: The Twenty-Seventh City
titlecomplete: The Twenty-Seventh City
characters: General Norris, S. Jammu, Duane Thompson, Martin Probst
genres: American, Unfinished, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Roman, Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 4899
places: St. Louis, Missouri
publisher: Picador