The Orwell Prize Long lists 2012 (17 books)

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1	People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman by Richard Lloyd Parry (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 23,351 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (The Resistance #1) by Caroline Moorehead 3.86 avg rating — 8,812 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Arguably: Selected Essays by Christopher Hitchens 4.20 avg rating — 9,911 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies and the Saville Inquiry by Douglas Murray 4.23 avg rating — 290 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China by Julia Lovell 3.89 avg rating — 1,624 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Adventures in the Orgasmatron: How the Sexual Revolution Came to America by Christopher Turner 3.84 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-1989 by Rodric Braithwaite 4.02 avg rating — 1,328 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan by Toby Harnden (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 330 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West’s Afghanistan Campaign by Sherard Cowper-Coles 3.72 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You by Misha Glenny (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,270 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Hood Rat by Gavin Knight 3.51 avg rating — 207 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Just Boris by Sonia Purnell 3.81 avg rating — 331 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven 4.12 avg rating — 2,443 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India by Siddhartha Deb 3.65 avg rating — 640 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Conservatives: A History by Robin Harris 3.78 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World? by Lucy Siegle 4.28 avg rating — 508 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Unfair Trade: The Shocking Truth Behind 'Ethical' Business by Conor Woodman (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars