{"product_id":"chicken-dust","title":"Chicken Dust","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hard-hitting exploration of the human cost of our enormous appetite for cheap meat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32067739975763,"sku":"","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781474257329.jpg?v=1770362145","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chicken-dust","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}