In Edinburgh's largest hospital, Dr. Scott Kinross studies Alzheimer's disease. In association with the young genecist Jenni Cooper, he discovers a key aspect to this illness that is progressing fatser and faster and affecting more and more people of a younger and younger age. Their conclusions are as disturbing as frightening and their research is beginning to stir up envy...
- A captivating plot in which mankind's future is at stake.
- A well-researched and passionate novel that highlights one of most misunderstood illnesses of our time.
Gilles Legardinier is the 4th bestselling French author and a all-around writer of feel-good novels, thrillers (which won various awards) and children books as well.
"When We Were Men is about a world that could soon be ours - after reading it we are moved, with the feeling of having received a humanity lesson." Le Magazine des Livres