The Factory Line (Paperback)

*Unforgiving - boisterous - dirty - intelligent - wrong - arrogant - depressing - relevant - abrasive - hilarious - dishevelled - risky - unique - inescapable * Ian starts his shift at 6:59 in the industrial wasteland of Montreal-East only to finish his day, fifteen hours later, in the notorious red light district. Simple as that. Low key, gritty, trashy... funny as hell. The Factory Line is Ian Truman's true-ish account of life in a Montreal factory. The foreman's on a rampage, a blonde bombshell sells hydraulic forklifts in high heels, Maurice's fucking Marlon Brando on the job but there's still beer in the toilet tank so everything should be alright. Somewhere between Charles Bukowski's disdain for life, Henry Rollins' fighting spirit and Mordecai Richler's comedic satire, The Factory Line feels like a punk rock song for the literary world: 'get in, say what you have to say and get the fuck out.