The Restraint of Beasts
Magnus Mills
A black comedy on the British workman. It features three men who erect fences and whose minds are on their beer at the end of the day. This preoccupation makes them accident prone with unfortunate consequences for those supervising them.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9781559704373
- Genre
- FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Black comedyWorking class lifeWorkplace mishaps
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1998)
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