Recent Publications

November 2019

On Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Biography by D.J. Taylor

“… Taylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines 1984’s post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government.”

Orwell Reconsidered  by Stephen Ingle

“This book will be of significant interest to students and other readers interested in Orwell’s life as well as his profound contribution to the history of social and political thought and English literature.”

Bowie’s Books: The Hundred Literary Heroes Who Changed His Life by John O’Connell

“The basis for journalist John O’Connell’s enterprise is Bowie’s list of the Top 100 Must Read Books , published in 2013″ (Dorian Lynskey)

Why Bowie Matters by Will Brooker

“Will Brooker, meanwhile, devotes 20 pages of Why Bowie Matters to unpacking the Orwellian resonances of Diamond Dogs… ” (Dorian Lynskey)

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century by Frank Dikötter

“The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support. Throughout the twentieth century, hundreds of millions of people were condemned to enthusiasm, obliged to hail their leaders even as they were herded down the road to serfdom.”

God, Hitler and Lord Peter Wimsey: Selected Essays, Speeches and Articles by Dorothy L. Sayers

Many articles and writings from the 1939-1941 period of the Second World War, providing an interesting contrast with the thought of George Orwell, and some similarities, particularly in the condemnation of the Chamberlain war cabinet.

Tippermuir Books are the publishers of Christopher Hall’s In Spain With Orwell.

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