Flower Factory: A Fairy Tale

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A funny, entertaining and psychedelic novel about an English seasonal worker in Holland's bulb-growing region at the turn of the millennium. Workers from all over Europe created an ecosystem of squats, parties and alternative living practices around the working seasons, raving hard and living for the pay packet. But things were about to change...
Freedom of movement wasn't always an alien concept to the British. Flower Factory tells of an English seasonal worker going to live and work in the Netherlands at the turn of the millennium. These psyched-out remembrances are set in the Bollenstreek of South Holland, an area that produces flower bulbs by the billion. Casual workers from all over Europe created their own ecosystem of squats, parties and alternative living practices around the working seasons, raving hard and living for the weekly pay packet. In the year 2000 it seemed nothing would change in this free-and-easy land, but the narrator witnessed the last beating of the 24 Hour Party drum.

Featuring original line illustrations by the author, this surreally comic and immersive novel is a dreamlike snapshot of life in Europe just two decades ago: the book shines a lurid light on a world that's difficult to recognise today.
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Author Foster, Richard
Availability IP
Department Literature
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781838388713
Pages 224
Published 07/06/2022
Publisher Ortac Press
Section Literature
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