Orwell's victory

In the contemporary reapprasial of the 20th century's written legacy, which writers stagger on, which implode, which thrive?

Christopher Hitchen's contention in this work is that above all it is Orwell among British writers who remains impressive, uncompromised and right.Whether thinking about empires or dictators, race or class, nationalism or popular culture, Orwell's moral outlook remains indispensable in a world which has undergone vast changes in the 50 years since his death.

His ability to see through lies nad spin, and to say exactly what he thought (whoever it offended), make him matter now more than ever.

This book presents an encounter between the greatest radical conscience of the 1940s and an incisive writer of our own age.