The Scheme for Full Employment is a novel by English author Magnus Mills

Magnus Mills

- Background :Magnus Mills was born in Birmingham and brought up in Bristol. After graduating with an economics degree from Wolverhampton Polytechnic, he started a masters degree at the University of Warwick but dropped out before completion....

 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," "the envy of the world: the greatest undertaking ever conceived by man". The novel is a satire of labour relations and describes the how the scheme is brought to the brink of disaster.

Reception

According to the Complete Review the novel received mixed reviews with no consensus; the website concluded it as being a 'decent trifle'.

External links

• The Complete Review with links to numerous reviews.