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Just had a superbly lazy Sunday lunch out on the terrace and flopped out for an hour to finish a re-read of George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London (a free download from MR -- and beautifully produced). I'm glad I did. It's a supreme piece of hands-on investigative journalism with, every few pages, that cool Orwellian literary twist. And it reminded me of something I'd quite forgotten ... this sorry tale is set well within my own lifetime. I walked past Orwell's characters in the street. I stopped and talked to them. They were as familiar to me as a kid as my neighbours are now. Highly recommended, folks. Cheers. Neil
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