The Small Back Room (novel)
1943 novel by Nigel Balchin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Small Back Room is a 1943 British thriller novel by Nigel Balchin, a pioneer of the use of computers, who later became Deputy Science Adviser (Army). It makes fun of 'the lesser back-room boy'.
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Author | Nigel Balchin |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1943 |
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In 1947 it was adapted by the team of Powell and Pressburger as a film of the same title starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron.[1] Perhaps confusingly, this used the term Boffin to refer to back-room 'boys' rather than to those more like Nigel himself.