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The Children of Men

P. D. James

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ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'The year is 2021. The human race faces extinction.Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel.

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.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
352
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
ISBN:
9780571342211
Published Date:
5/4/2018
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight:
294g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £9.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780571342211


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