Factory

The Factory records the crushing weight of work imposed upon so many young men and women who, denied any real freedom of choice, had little or no alternative other than to accept whatever work was available together with the conditions that went with it. The story follows the experiences of Martin Cloherty as he seeks to come to terms with the dismal reality of factory work as its de-humanizing brutality consumes his personal dreams and images of the world of work free from the control of school. He soon finds that factory work is established to destroy the human spirit. 'It' is the system that weaves its way throughout the factory intent on maintaining control at all costs. No limit exists to the physical or psychological torments it imposes to ensure the demands of capital and profit above the human needs of its workforce.' The author presents a timeless portrait of the nature of work, economic exploitation, poverty, injustice and human dignity in a pre-globalization age of 'it'. Yet despite its power this story evokes the human potential for opposition, of people to rise above the indignity of their condition to display a level of understanding and sophistication that surpasses the cynical control of their 'superiors'. The Factory unfolds a process of social alienation that has a contemporary resonance as the world of work experiences extraordinary transformations whilst sustaining the same primitive control mechanisms that are depicted in the authors descriptions of factory life based upon real events. Although seemingly powerless to arrest the onslaught of their 'controllers' the characters in this novel proclaim their own uniquely human opposition that will always stand in the face of injustice whatever form it takes.Carden, M. J. is the author of 'Factory', published 2004 under ISBN 9781413707335 and ISBN 1413707335.