3.4
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
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.
FictionMystery & DetectivePolice ProceduralTraditionalScience FictionAlternative History
RELEASED2018
PUBLISHERFaber & Faber
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEEN
An English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
3.4
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
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.
FictionMystery & DetectivePolice ProceduralTraditionalScience FictionAlternative HistoryDystopianSocial Science
RELEASED2018
PUBLISHERFaber & Faber
LENGTH352
LANGUAGEEN
An English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
