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Why I Write
Nov 12, 2025 2:02 PM

Author:George Orwell

Why I Write

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.

Reviews

His most scarily nihilistic and resonant book since Fight Club

—— Independent on Sunday

Like a noxious Douglas Coupland, Palahniuk charts new-felt and totally contemporary categories of despair

—— Ali Smith , Guardian

A nihilistic masterpiece

—— NME

Part Rosemary's Baby, part The Wicker Man... The shocks are shocking and the twists nice and taut

—— Time Out

A truly terrifying horror story with some interestingly radical underpinnings

—— I-D

Mr Greens' extraordinary power of plot-making, of suspense and of narration...moves continuously both in time and space and in emotion

—— The Times

His style is spare, that's what is so beautiful. His novels are genuine romans philosophies - novels illustrating ideas

—— Piers Paul Read

In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety

—— William Golding
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