A review by jerihurd
The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984 by Dorian Lynskey

3.0

A good book, and definitely worth reading. For me, it just got bogged down in the minutiae of the many dystopian precursors and imitators. Lynskey's best moments come when he shows why most of misread (to some extent) this complex text, and in describing its appropriation for political purposes across the left/right spectrum.