This brutally honest and evocative novel from Orwell focuses on a group of Englishmen who spend a large portion of their time meeting at the European Club, where they drink whiskey and attempt to relieve the unrelenting lonliness of life in Burma during the last days of British Imperialism. One man, James Flory, sees more clearly the futility of England’s rule over Burma than the rest but lacks the courage to stand up for his friend, an Indian doctor, who is barred from entry into the white-only European Club. When a bitter, corrupt magistrate attacks the reputation of Dr. Veraswami, Flory has no choice but to find the strength to do the right thing not just for the sake of his friend, but for himself as well.

“This is a superior novel, not less so because it tells an absorbing story. Orwell has made his people and his background vividly real. And he knows of what he writes.” -The New York Times

“A well integrated, fast moving story of what life was like in a rem