The Scheme for Full Employment

The Scheme for Full Employment
First edition
Author	Magnus Mills
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Flamingo
Publication date	03 Mar 2003
Media type	Print & eBook
Pages	272
ISBN	0-00-715131-4

The Scheme for Full Employment is a novel by the English author Magnus Mills, published in 2003 by Flamingo.

Plot introduction

The scheme referred to in the title involves the driving of 'UniVans' from depot to depot picking up and unloading cargo - the cargo being replacement parts for UniVans. "Gloriously self-perpetuating, the scheme was designed to give an honest day’s wage for an honest day’s labor",^[1] "the envy of the world: the greatest undertaking ever conceived by man". The novel is a satire of labour relations and describes how the scheme is brought to the brink of disaster.

Reception

According to complete review the novel received mixed reviews with no consensus; the website concluded it was a 'decent trifle'.^[2]

References

↑ http://us.macmillan.com/theschemeforfullemployment publicity page
↑ complete review: The Scheme for Full Employment

External links

complete review:The Scheme for Full Employment with links to numerous reviews.

Works by Magnus Mills

Novels	The Restraint of Beasts (1998) All Quiet on the Orient Express (1999) Three to See the King (2001) The Scheme for Full Employment (2003) Explorers of the New Century (2005) The Maintenance of Headway (2009) A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In (2011)

Short story collections	Only When the Sun Shines Brightly (1999) Once in a Blue Moon (2003) Screwtop Thompson (2010)

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