The Children of Men

ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind.

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Taut, terrifying and convincing. Daily Mail

Product details

• Authors: P D James, P. D. James
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780571342211
• ISBN: 978-0-571-34221-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: PD James; PD James
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Thrillers / Terrorism, FICTION / Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering, Thriller / suspense fiction, War & combat fiction, Dystopian & utopian fiction, Science fiction: near-future