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A graphic novel bringing to life Orwell's dramatic formative experiences



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'A masterpiece of comic book writing. Orwell, with his tongue firmly in his cheek, takes the reader through a hilarious journey of what it was like to be a small boy cast into the alien world of prep schools'

-- Richard Blair, Patron of the Orwell Society

'Sean Michael Wilson has done a splendid job of bringing Orwell's formative years at St Cyprian's visually to life'

-- D.J. Taylor, author of 'On Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Biography' (Abrams Press, 2019)

‘Ground-breaking’

-- ‘Down the Tubes’

'This book is amazing!'

-- Ralph Fox, novelist

Such Such Were the Joys

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    A Paperback / softback by George Orwell, Sean Michael Wilson, Jaime Huxtable

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 20 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9780745345925
      978-0745345925
      ISBN-10 0745345921
      Also in:
      Biography Biography: writers Child abuse Books by George Orwell

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A graphic novel bringing to life Orwell's dramatic formative experiences



      Trade Review

      'A masterpiece of comic book writing. Orwell, with his tongue firmly in his cheek, takes the reader through a hilarious journey of what it was like to be a small boy cast into the alien world of prep schools'

      -- Richard Blair, Patron of the Orwell Society

      'Sean Michael Wilson has done a splendid job of bringing Orwell's formative years at St Cyprian's visually to life'

      -- D.J. Taylor, author of 'On Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Biography' (Abrams Press, 2019)

      ‘Ground-breaking’

      -- ‘Down the Tubes’

      'This book is amazing!'

      -- Ralph Fox, novelist

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