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"1984" is suddenly a best-seller again in the United States

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MsAmerica · 29/01/2017 23:28

Guess why...

www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/books/1984-george-orwell-donald-trump.html?_r=0

www.pbs.org/newshour/art/george-orwells-1984-best-seller-heres-resonates-now/

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Manumission · 29/01/2017 23:30

Good.

DioneTheDiabolist · 29/01/2017 23:30

Good.Grin It'a brilliant book. Everyone should read it.

MsAmerica · 29/01/2017 23:41

Indeed, Dione, it's always puzzled me how London, of all places, could submit to having all the cameras there, given that I would have thought 1984 was widely read there.

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DioneTheDiabolist · 30/01/2017 02:30

We have all submitted to "having all the cameras there" OP. We carry them in our phones.

frenchfancy · 31/01/2017 09:11

I've just finished A Handmaid's Tale and that made me think of a future with Trump at the helm. Too close for comfort.

Dustyroad63 · 31/01/2017 11:42

1984 is one of my all time favourite books. I read it every 5 years or so and never tire of it.

MsAmerica · 01/02/2017 00:09

Dusty, I not only don't tire of it, I've come to appreciate it more as the years go by - not just the ideas but the writing.

And I love Handmaid's Tale! I just read there's a television series of it...?

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 02/02/2017 16:56

Was listening to R4 this morning and sales are up 95% in this country too. I really must reread it.

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