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Orwell: The New Life by D. J. Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Never Meet Your Heroes
A deeply researched and engagingly written portrait of arguably the twentieth century’s most iconic literary figure. Yet by the end, one is left with a troubling impression: George Orwell, the great defender of truth and decency, wasn’t a particularly decent man himself. D. J. Taylor does not avoid this reality, b
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Never Meet Your Heroes A deeply researched and engagingly written portrait of arguably the twentieth century’s most iconic literary figure. Yet by the end, one is left with a troubling impression: George Orwell, the great defender of truth and decency ...more |
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Death Cult (Inspector Vazquez Book 4): A detective thriller with a sci-fi twist:
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" Talk about herding cats. " After reading The Beginning, book I of the Inspector Vazquez series, I commented that I simply couldn't guess where the following books might end. Now I know - or do I? This, book 4, Death Cult, is a " Read more of this review » |
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When it comes to understanding the human condition, Glubb is well up there with the likes of Socrates, Jung, and Orwell in my opinion. In short, Western civilisation is no different from any other empire, state, society, plant, animal, or human being ...more |
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"Note: MAY contain spoilers! And Goodreads, PLEASE enable a .5 star rating option! All that being said, onward! :)
The story behind the condition is extremely interesting. We begin in 1966 with Squadron Leader Daniel Stewart and his awakening in a hosp" Read more of this review » |
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"Chasing ghosts." A quick read at only just over three hours, but don't let this fool you: it is three hours of fearful ideas and disfigured children. Set initially in corrupt Argentina in 1977, a police officer is sent to a re" Read more of this review » |
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“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
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THE BIGGEST GROUP FOR DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE ON GOODREADS. What you can do in the group? * You can say 'Hi', or tell us what you are reading * Yo ...more
