# Trouble with Lichen

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- Book: [Trouble with Lichen](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham/trouble-with-lichen) ([Trouble with Lichen.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham/trouble-with-lichen.md))
- Authors: [John Wyndham](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4103-298-6
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2008-08-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. As each scientist wrestles with the implications and practicalities of exploiting the discovery, the world comes ever closer to learning the truth . . . Trouble With Lichen is a scintillating story of the power wielded by science in our lives and asks how much trust should we place in those we appoint to be its guardians?