by RupertThomson (Author)
It is winter, somewhere in the United Kingdom, and an eight-year-old boy is removed from his home and family in the middle of the night. He learns that he is the victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each representing a different personality type. The land, too, has been divided into quarters. Borders have been established, reinforced by concrete walls, armed guards and rolls of razor wire. Plunged headlong into this brave new world, the boy tries to make the best of things, unaware that ahead of him lies a truly explosive moment, a revelation that will challenge everything he believes in and will, in the end, put his very life in jeopardy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0747578923
ISBN 13: 9780747578925
Book Overview: A novel about a dystopian future by a master storyteller, following Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake or David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas A novel about family and loss, like The Child in Time Sure to bring Rupert Thomson to the larger readership he deserves