num_pages: 276
description: A dystopian vision of perfection from the acclaimed author of Boy A.In the Britain of a few tomorrows time physical perfection is commonplace and self improvement has become an extinct expression: all the qualities men and women could aspire to can be purchased prior to birth.GENUS is a time of genetic selection and enrichment - life chances come on a sliding scale according to wealth. For some there is no money or choice and an underclass has evolved; London's King's Cross or The Kross as it is now known has become a ghetto for the Unimproved. In The Kross the natural the dated the cheap and the dull live a brittle and unenviable existence. But unrest is growing; tension is mounting and a murderer is abroad in these dark quarters...Acclaimed author Jonathan Trigell's third novel is a breathtaking tour de force exploring a dystopia of the not-too-distant-a future which will leave readers wondering not 'what if' as the original audience of Huxley's Brave New World did but 'when'.
language: English
title: Genus
publisher: None