Автор - P. James
The Children of Men
Автор: P. JamesЖанр: Иностранная литература
In her 12th book, the British author of the two series featuring Adam Dalgleish and Cordelia Gray (Devices and Desires and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, respectively) poses a premise that chills and darkens its setting in the year 2021. Near the end of the 20th century, for reasons beyond the grasp of modern science, human sperm count went to zero. The last birth occurred in 1995, and in the space of a generation humanity has lost its future. In England, under the rule of an increasingly despotic Warden, the infirm are encouraged to commit group suicide, criminals are exiled and abandoned and immigrants are subjected to semi-legalized slavery. Divorced, middle-aged Oxford history professor Theo Faron, an emotionally constrained man of means and intelligence who is the Warden's cousin, plods through an ordered, bleak existence. But a chance involvement with a group of dissidents moves him onto unexpected paths, leading him, in the novel's compelling second half, toward risk, commitment and the joys and anguish of love. In this convincingly detailed world—where kittens are (illegally) christened, sex has lost its allure and the arts have been abandoned—James concretely explores an unthinkable prospect. Readers should persevere through the slow start, for the rewards of this story, including its reminder of the transforming power of hope, are many and lasting. 125,000 first printing; BOMC main selection. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Skull Beneath The Skin
Автор: P. JamesЖанр: Иностранная литература
Hired as a bodyguard to faded actress Clarissa Lisle, the recent recipient of numerous death threats, Cordelia Gray accompanies the actress to an island castle, whose owner collects funeral paraphernalia.
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Unnatural Causes
Автор: P. JamesЖанр: Иностранная литература
Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh was looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head. There would be long walks, tea in front of the fire, and, best of all, no corpses. But he reckoned without the discovery of crime-writer Maurice Seton's mutilated body.
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Z Nienaturalnych Przyczyn
Автор: P. JamesЖанр: Иностранная литература
Nadinspektor Dalgliesh wyjeżdża do ciotki Jane, na wsi w Suffolk. Jest zmęczony ostatnią sprawą, która kosztowała go wiele wysiłku. Ma nadzieję, że oderwie się od morderstw i pracy. Tymczasem do brzegu dobija łódka, a w niej Maurice Seton. Autor kryminałów nie żyje już od jakiegoś czasu, a obie dłonie ma ucięte w nadgarstkach…Bardzo ciekawy kryminał, interesujący już od pierwszych stron. Zakończenie jest takie, jakiego oczekuje każdy miłośnik kryminałów: zaskakujące.
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