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Summary
Gordon Bowker's biography includes material which brings the writer's life into unfamiliar focus. Bowker writes revealingly about Orwell's family background, the lasting influence of Eton on his work and character, his superstitious streak and youthful flirtation with black magic, and his chaotic and reckless sex life, which included at least one homoerotic relationship. It highlights the strange circumstances of his first marriage and provides evidence of his experiences in Spain and their nightmarish consequences. It also offers a fresh look at his peculiar deathbed marriage to a woman 15 years his junior.
Author Biography
Gordon Bowker has written highly acclaimed biographies of Malcolm Lowry (a New York Times Recommended Book of the Year) and Lawrence Durrell, and articles and reviews for the Observer, the Sunday Times, the New York Times and the Times Literary Supplement.
Table of Contents
| Preface | xi | ||||
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1 | (12) | |||
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13 | (15) | |||
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28 | (23) | |||
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51 | (24) | |||
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75 | (21) | |||
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96 | (20) | |||
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116 | (18) | |||
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134 | (20) | |||
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154 | (26) | |||
| 10 Journeys of Discovery | 180 | (21) | |||
| 11 The Spanish Betrayal | 201 | (27) | |||
| 12 The Road to Morocco | 228 | (25) | |||
| 13 One Character in Search of a War | 253 | (28) | |||
| 14 War of Words | 281 | (23) | |||
| 15 Tribune of the People | 304 | (19) | |||
| 16 The Dark Side of Solitude | 323 | (25) | |||
| 17 The Man Who Loved Islands | 348 | (18) | |||
| 18 The Nightmare and the Novel | 366 | (25) | |||
| 19 The End of the Beginning | 391 | (28) | |||
| 20 Life After Death | 419 | (16) | |||
| Notes | 435 | (35) | |||
| Bibliography | 470 | (2) | |||
| Acknowledgements | 472 | (3) | |||
| Index | 475 |
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