The Leaky Establishment

The Leaky Establishment is a novel by David Langford, first published in June 1984 by Frederick Muller (ISBN 0584311672) and re-issued, with an introduction by Terry Pratchett, in 2001 by Big Engine, then July 2003 by Cosmos Books (ISBN 1592241255). The book draws on some of Langford's own experiences working at the UK government's Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire.

Plot

Roy Tappen works for the Robinson Heath Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre, a nuclear weapons facility in Britain. He fights bureaucracy while trying to use it for his purpose, which is to undo the potentially disastrous results of a practical joke gone wrong.

Smuggling plutonium out of a nuclear research centre is surprisingly easy. The difficult part is smuggling it back in again ...

External links

• The Leaky Establishment – information on ansible.co.uk
• The Leaky Establishment – review on amazon.com