The Ministry of Truth
30 May 2019Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing
The Ministry of Truth charts the life of George Orwell's 1984, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and a work that is ever more relevant in this tumultuous era of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'.
'Fascinating . . . If you have...
Details
30 May 2019320 pages
9781509890767Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Fascinating . . . Freshly and powerfully argued . . . If you have even the slightest interest in Orwell or in the development of our culture, you should not miss this engrossing, enlightening book.John Carey, The Sunday Times
The Ministry of Truth is the best book I have read in a long time. Fizzing with ideas yet superbly readable . . . [this] is both a warning and an exhortation for us all to be stubborn as Orwell was with facts, and like Winston Smith to cling to the belief that 2+2=4.C. J. Sansom
Everything you wanted to know about 1984 but were too busy misusing the word -Orwellian- to ask.Caitlin Moran
‘The Ministry of Truth has the zest and momentum of a Stephen King novel, and the piercing clarity and dark sensibility of Orwell himself.’ - Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg
