RaveLiterary ReviewLynskey’s biography of the book expertly locates Nineteen Eighty-Four in the context of Orwell’s life, evoking the drab deprivations of 1940s Britain. But it’s even better when it explores the universality of the story ... the antecedents and the offspring of Nineteen Eighty-Four occupy almost as much space in this book as the novel itself ... a wonderfully wide-ranging survey ... Lynskey’s is a magnificent piece of work, an informed, intelligent and hugely readable history of past futures as well as a splendid introduction to Orwell.
