The Scheme for Full Employment

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

The Scheme for Full Employment
First edition
AuthorMagnus Mills
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFlamingo
Publication date
03 Mar 2003
Media typePrint & eBook
Pages272
ISBN0-00-715131-4

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 labour",[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 aggregated reviews at Complete Review, the novel received mixed reviews with no consensus; the website concluded it was a "decent trifle".[2]

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gollark: I can also award you 10 arbitrary points on my website.
gollark: I may or may not just be dumping the weirder filenames in `/data/archive` and `/data/media` now.
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References
  1. http://us.macmillan.com/theschemeforfullemployment publicity page
  2. Orthofer, M. A. "The Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills". Complete Review. Retrieved 4 July 2017.


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