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Originally Posted by Nabeel
Yes, Will Self is one of those self-consciously provocative writers. He's pretty sharp.
Orwell had problems publishing 'Animal Farm' in 1945 because official government policy saw Soviet Russia as an ally. It was seen as too awkward.
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That makes sense. They did come out on the side of the Allies against Hitler in the end so I guess it wouldn't have been very PC to be too critical of their ways of doing things at that time.