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Revered across the globe as an author of compelling novels, journalism and essays that came to define the twentieth century, George Orwell was an unmatched political visionary, shining a light on the insidious nature of propaganda. Yet this chronicler of war, social injustices and urban poverty spent his later years…
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Orwell's Island is a fascinating study of the author as he lived out his last days on Jura, a remote island off the coast of Western Scotland, and the forces that came to be his inspiration for his seminal book 1984. Orwell was already suffering from the Tuberculosis that would kill him, as he immersed himself in the incredible beauty of this island backdrop. This last of Orwell's books proved to presage much of the fascistic movements in both Europe and America. With the ideas of Big Brother and Thought Police, Les Wilson brings Orwell and his island getaway into…
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