Christina Sweeney-Baird

The End of Men

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Produktbeschreibung

"The End of Men is a fiercely intelligent page-turner, an eerily prescient novel, at once thoughtful and highly emotive."-Paula Hawkins, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and unforgettable debut from a remarkable new talent that asks: what would our world truly look like without men? Only men carry the virus. Only women can save us all. The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland-a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is dismissed as hysterical. By the time her warning is heeded, it is too late. The virus becomes a global pandemic-and a political one. The victims are all men. The world becomes alien-a women's world. What follows is the immersive account of the women who have been left to deal with the virus's consequences, told through first-person narratives. Dr. MacLean; Catherine, a social historian determined to document the human stories behind the "male plague"; intelligence analyst Dawn, tasked with helping the government forge a new society; and Elizabeth, one of many scientists desperately working to develop a vaccine. Through these women and others, we see the uncountable ways the absence of men has changed society, from the personal-the loss of husbands and sons-to the political-the changes in the workforce, fertility, and the meaning of family. In The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird turns the unimaginable into the unforgettable. Story Locale: Across the UK and the US

Produktdetails

• Verlag: G P PUTNAM SONS
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 137mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780593328132
• ISBN-10: 0593328132
• Artikelnr.: 60106057

Autorenporträt

Christina Sweeney-Baird was born in 1993 and grew up in London and Glasgow. She studied Law at the University of Cambridge and graduated with a First in 2015. She works as a corporate litigation lawyer in London. The End of Men is her first novel.

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'The stuff that classics are made of' A.J. FINN

'A fiercely intelligent page-turner, at once thoughtful and highly emotive' PAULA HAWKINS

'Gripping, scary and persuasive' IAN RANKIN

'Gripping...a beautifully written page-turner' SARAH PEARSE, AUTHOR OF THE SANATORIUM

'A powerful book that has made me feel a little bit better about the world we are living in right now' BRYONY GORDON

'I ripped through this. It's pacey, devastating, prescient, compelling and confronting...a sure-fire hit, and rightly so' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS

'It is scary how prescient and relevant this is...compelling and heart-breaking. A remarkable achievement' ABI DARÉ

'Brilliant, prescient and unputdownable' JENNY COLGAN

'A tour de force - a feminist reimagining of society' GILLIAN MCALLISTER

'One of the best books I've ever read' ANSTEY HARRIS

'Moving, thought-provoking and terrifyingly prescient. I talked of nothing else for days!' TAMMY COHEN

'Pacy, emotive, thought-provoking and ultimately a reminder of the strength of love and human connection' C.D. MAJOR

'A remarkably prescient, whip-smart, and strangely hopeful novel' CHARLOTTE PHILBY

'Gripping, moving and scarily prescient. Couldn't put it down' CHARLOTTE NORTHEDGE

'Topical, timely, imaginative and ultimately hopeful' KATIE KHAN

'An incredible achievement' JESSICA MOOR

'Expect big things from The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird. Sold in a six-figure deal, there is also a major film in the pipeline' SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Chillingly prescient' SUNDAY TIMES SCOTLAND

'THE MOST BUZZED-ABOUT FICTION FOR 2021' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

'HUGE IN SCOPE...AS TENSE AS THE TAUTEST THRILLER' RED

'AN UNFLINCHINGLY PACY MUST-READ' GRAZIA

'AN UNFORGETTABLE DEBUT' PRIMA