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.
ISBN: | 9780571342211 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
Published date: | 05 Apr 2018 |
DEWEY: | 823.914 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 352 |
Weight: | 286g |
Height: | 155mm |
Width: | 198mm |
Spine width: | 23mm |