The Children of Men
About this book
Award-winning P.D. James, one of the masters of British crime fiction, plots this atmospheric and disturbing novel in the year 2021.
Children of Men is a brilliant mystery possessing all of the qualities which distinguish P.D. James as a novelist.
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.
PD James is the world's pre-eminent crime writer, most famous for her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries and for her bestselling titles
Death Comes to Pemberley and
The Murder Room.
Children of Men was adapted into a hit film in 2006, directed by Alfonso Cuarón the film starred Clive Owen, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- BOOK ONE: Omega January-March 2021
- BOOK TWO: Alpha October 2021
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
