A review by roberto_balogna
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

3.0

The actual content of this nonfiction book is fantastical and gives one a great appreciation for who Orwell was as a man outside of being an author. However, Orwell suffers from a strange complex where his ability to describe a scene lies directly inverse from how fantastical that scene is. One will be treated to pages of lurid detail over what Orwell consumed in the trenches for lunch followed by a sequence of battle described in similar detail to "I shot him. Or I think I did. It was hard to tell.".

A definite hint at the genius to come but a far cry from his nonfiction work.