I just finished it yesterday. MOST AMAZING!
I don't know anything about George Orwell other than the back cover describes him as a socialist.
It would be interesting to to go down the list of everything he described in that book and what is happening today in our society.
I get the impression that his answer to a totalitarian regime was more socialism? I dunno... Amazing book.
He definitely started out as a lefty, well after he was a Colonial Policeman, he was a lefty, but he got to see Stalinism up close in Spain, and didn't much like it after that.
For a quick read, see "Why Orwell Matters" by the late Christopher Hitchens.
For a great read, try "Homage to Catalonia" by George Orwell.
"The Road to Wigan Pier" and "Down and Out in Paris and London" are good also.
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