Author:George Orwell

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.
His most scarily nihilistic and resonant book since Fight Club
—— Independent on SundayLike a noxious Douglas Coupland, Palahniuk charts new-felt and totally contemporary categories of despair
—— Ali Smith , GuardianA nihilistic masterpiece
—— NMEPart Rosemary's Baby, part The Wicker Man... The shocks are shocking and the twists nice and taut
—— Time OutA truly terrifying horror story with some interestingly radical underpinnings
—— I-DMr Greens' extraordinary power of plot-making, of suspense and of narration...moves continuously both in time and space and in emotion
—— The TimesHis style is spare, that's what is so beautiful. His novels are genuine romans philosophies - novels illustrating ideas
—— Piers Paul ReadIn a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety
—— William Golding