A review by msbyfield
Burning Down George Orwell's House by Andrew Ervin

4.0

Ray Welter is an ad exec seeking to escape his mid-life crisis and the quagmire of consumerism by traveling to the remote Scottish island where George Orwell wrote 1984 and drinking copious amounts of fine scotch. But the locals are anything but friendly. Everything goes from bad to worse on this vacation from hell, and that's no hyperbole -- Ray's misfortunes are absurdly terrible (and hilarious). Will he ever find meaning in life? Highly entertaining, light summer satire with a philosophical inclination, this debut novel is a top choice for fans of Murakami, Palahniuk, and of course, the titular Orwell himself.

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