Nineteen Eighty-Four

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My favourite book is 1984 . . . More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of -- Jo Brand His final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history * * New York Review of Books * * The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance * * Independent * * Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period * * Observer * * One of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century -- Robert McCrum * * Observer * * Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority -- Peter Ackroyd * * The Times * * Matchlessly sharp and fresh . . . The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century -- John Carey * * Sunday Times * * Orwell's innocent eye was often devastatingly perceptive . . . a man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose * * Evening Standard * * The great moral force of his age . . . It is impossible not to be elated by his literary and political writing . . . the most lovable of writers, someone whose books can make the reader long for his company * * Spectator * *