Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

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Overview:

Title: Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin
Author: Francis Spufford
Year: 2003
ISBN-10: 0571214967
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Price: £14.99
Pages: xii+250
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Non-fiction
Title Reference: Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin
Notes: Publication date from Amazon UK.
Preface is uncredited but is clearly authored by Spufford.