Children of Men [First Canadian Edition]

James, P. D.

ISBN 10: 0394223195 / ISBN 13: 9780394223193

Published by Knopf Canada, 1992

About this Item

First Canadian edition. Light wear to edges of jacket. Blank front endpaper has been removed, book otherwise fine.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1780774787447

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Children of Men [First Canadian Edition]
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394223195
• ISBN 13: 9780394223193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 513.149 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Women Authors/Artists

About this title

Synopsis

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.From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

P. D. James is the author of nineteen books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of Great Britain’s Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.
From the Trade Paperback edition.