The Broilerhouse Society
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Light foxing on book block, pages otherwise fine
A prescient and biting work of social commentary that compares modern citizens to factory-farmed chickens. Goldring argues that as society becomes increasingly organized, efficient, and centrally heated, the human experience is becoming as "tasteless and flavorless" as a mass-produced meal. He explores the psychological toll of living in highly controlled environments—specifically the high-rise apartment blocks and suburban "nesting cages" of the late 1960s—where communal spaces like pubs and cinemas are traded for the isolated convenience of television and home delivery. It is a sharp critique of the "gilded cage" of consumerism and the loss of unscripted human interaction in exchange for a manufactured, stress-filled "satisfaction."
Author: Patrick Goldring
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Leslie Frewin, London
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Light foxing on book block, pages otherwise fine
A prescient and biting work of social commentary that compares modern citizens to factory-farmed chickens. Goldring argues that as society becomes increasingly organized, efficient, and centrally heated, the human experience is becoming as "tasteless and flavorless" as a mass-produced meal. He explores the psychological toll of living in highly controlled environments—specifically the high-rise apartment blocks and suburban "nesting cages" of the late 1960s—where communal spaces like pubs and cinemas are traded for the isolated convenience of television and home delivery. It is a sharp critique of the "gilded cage" of consumerism and the loss of unscripted human interaction in exchange for a manufactured, stress-filled "satisfaction."