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The Children of Men

By P. D. James

By P. D. James

By P. D. James

By P. D. James

By P. D. James
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By P. D. James
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May 16, 2006 | ISBN 9780307275431

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    About The Children of Men

    A modern science fiction classic from an acclaimed bestselling author: The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction.

    Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.

    Told with P. D. James’s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future.

    The inspiration for director Alfonso Cuarón’s modern masterpiece of a film.

    About The Children of Men

    Told with P. D. James’s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.

    About The Children of Men

    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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    About P. D. James

    P. D. James was the author of twenty-one books, many of which feature her detective hero Adam Dalgliesh and have been televised or filmed. She was the recipient of many honors, including the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and… More about P. D. James

    About P. D. James

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    About P. D. James

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    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    May 16, 2006 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307275431

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 20, 2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307773449

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 16, 2009 | 575 Minutes | ISBN 9781415926154
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    Praise

    “A book of such accelerating tension that the pages seem to turn faster as one moves along.” —Chicago Tribune

    “As scary and suspenseful as anything in Hitchcock.” —The New Yorker

    “Extraordinary…. Daring…. Frightening in its implications.” —The New York Times

    “Fascinating, suspenseful, and morally provocative. The characterizations are sharply etched and the narrative is compelling.”—Chicago Sun-Times

    “[James] writes like an angel. Every character is closely drawn. Her atmosphere is unerringly, chillingly convincing. And she manages all this without for a moment slowing down the drive and tension of an exciting mystery.” —The Times (UK)

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