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The Scheme for Full Employment: A comic masterpiece by the Booker-shortlisted author

Autor Magnus Mills
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mai 2011
'A unique talent ... Mills's novels are among the best and most original in recent English fiction' Literary Review'An enjoyable novel by a truly original writer' Sunday TimesThe Scheme was designed to provide an honest wage for an honest day's labour. Men driving identical, rust-resistant Univans deliver Univan parts to strategically spaced warehouses. Simple, self-perpetuating and efficient, it seems destined to last forever.But when some drivers begin leaving early and developing delivery sidelines, the workforce is divided into two camps: Flat-Dayers and Early Swervers. As tensions mount, the whole system threatens to fall apart...
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408813744
ISBN-10: 1408813742
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:Re-issue
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Magnus Mills is the author of the story collection Screwtop Thompson and six novels, including The Restraint of Beasts, which won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread (now the Costa) First Novel Award in 1999. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in London.

Recenzii

'An enjoyable novel by a truly original writer'
'A British writer to be treasured'
'Mills' odd but wonderful books combine the language of a children's story and the strange dry humour of Harold Pinter'

Descriere

'A unique talent ... Mills's novels are among the best and most original in recent English fiction' Literary Review