{"product_id":"chicken-dust-9781474257329","title":"Chicken Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ben Weatherill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh this ain't a farm. This is a loading dock. No such things as farms anymore, not around here.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA chicken farm in rural England. New boy Tim has just arrived for his first shift. The job is pretty simple: grab chickens seven at a time by their legs and ram them into cages for shipping. All of this in the dark, stomping around in ankle-deep chicken shit, muck and mud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTim's teammates are old-timers, with cigarettes dangling from their lips and pantyhose up their arms to protect their skin. Feathers cling to clothes. This band of survivors doesn't want much: just to stay in the countryside, catch the chickens, and earn the best living they can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the chickens are dying, rotting from the inside-out like hot fruit just hours after they arrive. As disease spreads and pressure mounts, enter Oscar, the meticulous poultry inspector . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hard-hitting exploration of the human cost of our enormous appetite for cheap meat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Curve Leicester's Playwriting Competition and first seen as a staged reading at the Finborough Theatre's annual \u003ci\u003eVibrant: A Festival of Finborough Playwrights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicken Dust\u003c\/i\u003e marks the full-length debut of a new playwright. It received its world premiere at the Finborough Theatre on 1 March 2015.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082833354903,"sku":"9781474257329","price":1530.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781474257329.webp?v=1767142556","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/chicken-dust-9781474257329","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}