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The Scheme for Full Employment

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

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

Plot introduction

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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

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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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