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Confessions of a Book Reviewer

The Real George OrwellEssays and Journalism
Episode 2 of 5

The truth about writing reviews for a living and English language oddities. Orwell’s non-fiction writing read by Clive Merrison.

A selection of familiar and unfamiliar non-fiction pieces by the author of Animal Farm.

Confessions of a Book Reviewer attempts to tell the terrible truth about writing reviews for a living while one of Orwell's As I Please columns tackles the oddities of the English language.

Reader: Clive Merrison

Producer: David Jackson Young

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Jan 202002:45
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