The Children of Men

The Children of Men

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Synopsis

The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt, 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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Tie-In
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 07 Sep 2006

ISBN 10: 0571233775
ISBN 13: 9780571233779

Author Bio
P.D. James served in the forensic and criminal justice departments of the Home Office until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her detective novels include Cover Her Face, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Death of an Expert Witness, A Taste of Death, Original Sin, A Certain Justice, Death in Holy Orders and The Murder Room. Many of which have been adapted for television. Her most recent novel is the bestselling The Lighthouse.