Book Review: DJ Taylor gets to the heart of George Orwell.... who still remains elusive

"Orwell was someone who “quarried his way down into the heart of the human condition and, by doing so, managed to colonise the mental world both of his own age and the ones that followed”."
Book Review: DJ Taylor gets to the heart of George Orwell.... who still remains elusive

Undated file photo of George Orwell.

Sat, 16 Sep, 2023 - 21:00
Michael Duggan

  • Orwell: The New Life 
  • DJ Taylor 
  • Constable, €24.99

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