The Child Garden - Softcover

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London has flooded. Britain is tropical. And people photosynthesize.

In a semi-tropical London, surrounded by paddyfields, the people photosynthesize. The Consensus, a vast DNA unit, controls the country. Children are raised in Child Gardens and educated by virus. Viruses control their behaviour; nonconformism is treated by the Consensus. Information, culture, law and politics are now biological functions.

This is the story of Lucy, the immortal tumor, Joseph the Postman, whose mind is an information storehouse for others, and Milena, an incredible musician who has a secret, lost even to herself. She is resistant to viruses. It makes her aliented in an enclosing world. It will make her one of the most extraordinary women of her age. The secret is lost in memory. It is hidden somewhere – in the Child Garden.

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In a semi-tropical London, surrounded by paddy-fields, the people photosynthesise. The Consensus, a vast DNA unit, oversees the country. The young are raised in Child Gardens and educated by viruses which control their behaviour. Nonconformism is ‘treated’. Information, culture, law and politics are now biological functions.

This is the story of Lucy, the immortal tumour, Joseph the Postman, whose mind is an information storehouse for others, and Milena an incredible musician, who has a secret, lost even to herself. Milena is resistant to viruses. It will make her one of the most extraordianry women of her age. Her secret is hidden somewhere – in the Child Garden.

“Remarkable ... extraordinarily grotesquely convincing”
THE TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

“Ryman describes a decayed, over-populated London of magic and squalor and high science; if you read one novel this year, it should be this one”
LONDON EVENING STANDARD

“The rich texture of language and imagery are beautiful ... Angela Carter meets Jarman’s ‘Jubilee’ in a Max Ernst landscape. Excellent.”
TIME OUT

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