HE WHOLE CONCEPT IS SO strategically placed warehouses in Univans- identical and very serviceable vehicles -transporting replacement parts for... Univans. Gloriously self-perpetuating, the Scheme for Full Employment (or "Scheme," for short) is more than social engineering; it is the unified field theory of the modern working world. And what greater good can there be than honest wages for honest labor? Or so thinks our hero, a five-year veteran of the Scheme, and a contented man. The joy of work lies in just the right balance of routine and surprise. This balance, however, turns out to be more fragile than he could have imagined. A woman arrives on the scene. Some colleagues develop delivery sidelines for extra income. And, most disturbing of all, trouble is beginning to brew between those who believe the Scheme's eight-hour shift sacrosanct and inviolable, and those who fancy being let off a little early now and again he harmi Dicapreement turns to araument

ISBN: 9780312421632