659 2bbed5f1-b880-4091-822e-aa6fb879ed9b Smallcreep's Day Peter Currell Brown calibre (2.82.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 1973-04-30T14:00:00+00:00 <div><p>When factory worker Pinquean Smallcreep, who has slotted a certain type of slot into a certain type of pulley for many years, packs his sandwiches and sets out on a journey to investigate what it is he is producing, his discoveries become increasingly more bizarre and disturbing.<br> Peter Currell Brown's brilliantly surreal satire of automation and alienation is as exhilarating and unforgettable today as when it was first published. </p><p>'A most lucidly written nightmare, and a pleasure to read for its prose alone... Apocalyptic. But funny with it.' John Bowden, Sunday Times</p><p>**</p><h3>About the Author</h3><p class="description"> </p><p>Peter Currell Brown wrote Smallcreep's Day while working in a Gloucestershire factory. Its success enabled him give up factory work and realise his dream of setting up a craft pottery in rural Gloucestershire. Since then he has been involved in a series of craft enterprises in various parts of the country. He now lives and works in woodlands near Sherwood Forest making spinning-wheels for enthusiasts and museums. </p></div> Picador B004KPM34M 9781905177158 F3brAwAAQBAJ eng Literature & Fiction Literary Contemporary Fiction Literary Fiction General Fiction