'Each Broken Object is a pleasure. William Carlos Williams said "No ideas but in things" and I was reminded of this while I was reading about the things of which this book is made. I especially enjoy its sounds, rhythms and subtle rhymes. I am especially pleased that engineering can play a passionate role in literary thinking'.
Henry Petroski, author of Remaking the World - Adventures in Engineering.

Watering Can
Paperclip

Contents:
Paperclip; Railway; The Object’s Side; First Job; Bicycle Spanner; Mandrel; Glove; Oxygen Cylinder; Cardboard Box; Pencil Sharpener; Coat Hanger; Washers; Watering Can; Tin Opener; Net; I Came Upon Their Camp; Briefcase; Barrow; Her Things; Wedge; Lace; Latch; Ball Pien Hammer; Bucket; Going to Meet; Toothpaste Tube; Primordial Browsers; Combination Eyeglasses/Eggslicer; Leaflets; Petrol Nozzle; Kerb; Hi-Fi; Tables and Elbows; Soup Bowl; Kayaks; Soap Seller; Belt &; Home Plumbing Catalogue; Sellotape; Sweeping Brush; Wired Glass; Wire; Roller-Blade; Walls Filled With Fat; Bier; Tumour; Key; Rivet; Raffle Ticket; Plastic Bag; Ladder; Objects Return in Triumph from their Exile; Clogs

also by David Greenslade - Creosote & The Sorcerer Receives a Cutte