A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell

A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life
'A fascinating, oblique take... Revelatory and very insightful.' William Boyd, author of The Predicament

When we think about Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who – between puffs on his cigarette – composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned but explosive. We see a man with ‘Important Things to Say’ about: the slow creep of authoritarianism; the consequences of all...