Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin cover
Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin
by Francis Spufford
ISBN: 0571214975
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Pamar · 2015-12-04 · Original thread
Seconded, and Backroom Boys [1] by the same author, is very enjoyable, too, even if Red Plenty is really in a league of its own.

1: http://www.amazon.com/The-Backroom-Boys-Secret-British/dp/05...