The Children of Men by P D James
ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' The year is 2021. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel.P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray, and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), Innocent Blood (1980), Children of Men (1992), and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011).
James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors, and stood down from this role in 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571342211 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571342213 |
| Title | The Children of Men |
| Author | P D James |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2018-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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