The Children Of Men. First U K Edition by James, P.D - 1992

London: Faber and Faber, 1992. In this astonishing novel, an entirely new departure in her writing, P.D. James imagines a future England where human infertility has spread like a plague. By the year 2021 no babies have been born for a quarter of a century, not since year Omega, anywhere in the inhabited world. The very old are driven to despair and the final generation of the young are beautiful and cruel. The middle-aged are trying to sustain normality under the absolute rule of the charismatic dictator and Warden of England, Xan Lyppiatt. A frightening, yet plausible scene.... . A well illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Book remains sharp cornered with lightly toned text. A clean, bright copy of this science fiction novel.. First Edition First Print. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.