PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
George Orwell (1903-1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of some of the most celebrated works of non-fiction and fiction in the English language.
'A remarkable book; as a virtuoso literary performance it has a sustained brilliance that has rarely been matched in other works of its genre...It is as timely as the label on a poison bottle.' * New York Herald Tribune * 'A book that goes through the reader like an east wind, cracking the skin...Such are the originality, the suspense, the speed of writing and withering indignation that it is impossible to put the book down.' * V. S. Pritchett * 'A profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book...Orwell's theory of power is developed brilliantly.' * New Yorker * 'The book of the twentieth century...haunts us with an ever-darker relevance.' * Independent * 'Right up there among my favourite books...I read it again and again.' * Margaret Atwood *
