The Maintenance of Headway by Magnus Mills

The Maintenance of Headway by Magnus Mills

'It's a matter of procedure,' I explained. 'Strictly for the record. You don't get sacked from this job unless you did what Thompson did.' 'What did he do then?' 'We never mention it.' In Magnus Mills' brilliant short novel he transports us into the bizarre world of the bus drivers who take us to work, to the supermarket, to the match and home again. It is a strange but all too real universe in which 'the timetable' and 'maintenance of headway' are sacred, but where the routes can change with the click of an inspector's fingers and the helpless passengers are secondary. The journey from the southern outpost to the arch, the circus and the cross will seem as familiar as your regular route, but then Magnus Mills shows you the almost religious fervour which lies behind it, and how it is fine to be a little bit late but utterly unforgivable to be a moment early. 'To write one unique book is a rare achievement. The ability to produce several is truly special.' Independent

PRAISE FOR MAGNUS MILLS 'Imagine The Office crossed with Brave New World hilarious' Daily Express 'So refreshingly readable it's astounding.' New Statesman 'Unpretentious, comic and intelligent.' Daily Telegraph

Magnus Mills is the author of five novels and two collections of stories, 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.

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ISBN 13	9781408800355
ISBN 10	1408800357
Titre	The Maintenance of Headway
Auteur	Magnus Mills
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Année de publication	2009-08-03
Nombre de pages	160
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