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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.

The Children of Men PD James

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 05/04/2018
      ISBN13: 9780571342211, 978-0571342211
      ISBN10: 0571342213
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Science Fiction Sci-Fi

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.

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