I recently pimped an Orwell biography in a different thread¹, but I'll do so again. Dorian Lynskey's The Ministry of Truth is a really well written and thoroug

I recently pimped an Orwell biography in a different thread¹, but I'll do so again. Dorian Lynskey's The Ministry of Truth is a really well written and thoroughly researched treatise on Orwell. I found the passage of his life from Eton through Spain to his final books far more interesting than his actual writings(with the possible exception of Road to Wigan Pier). ¹ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25474279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25474279