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A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays An intellectual who hated intellectuals, a socialist who didn't trust the state--our foremost political essayist and author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four was a man of stark, puzzling contradictions. Knowing Orwell's life and reading Orwell's works produces just as many questions as it answers. Celebrated Orwell biographer D. J. Taylor guides fans and new readers alike through the many twists and turns of Orwell's books, life and thought. As a writer he intended his works to be transparent and instantly accessible, yet they are also full of secrets and surprises, tantalising private histories, and psychological quirks. From his conflicted relationship with religion to his competing anti-imperialism and fascination with empire, Who Is Big Brother? delves into the complex development of this essential yet enigmatic voice. Taylor leads us through Orwell's principal writings and complex life--crafting an illuminating guide to one of the most enduringly relevant writers in the English language.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- 'Unless you let things take for ever . . .' -- 'The Helium Kids', New Musical Express Book of Rock, 1973/revised edition, 1978 -- Part One: The Big World Out There -- 1. Barrytown -- 2. North Park and After -- Interview with Maureen Cleave, London Evening Standard, October 1964 -- 3. Night By Night -- Macclesfield Advertiser, November 1964 -- 4. New York Journal, 1964-5 -- Exclusive Doors -- 5. The Mood of the Moment -- Part Two: The Long Afternoon -- 6. Something in the Air -- 7. Sunny Goodge Street -- 8. London Journal, January-August 1967 -- 'The Helium Kids - Paisley Patterns (Decca)', Gandalf's Garden, Summer 1967 -- 9. Beautiful People -- 10. Autumn Almanac -- '[59]AGAMEMNON'S MIGHTY SWORD (Dangerfield-Halliwell)', Ian MacDonald, The Helium Kids in the Studio: A Song Chronology, 1991 -- Extract from David Hepworth, Rock's Golden Years, 2005 -- Part Three: Imperial Phases -- 11. Station to Station -- 12. Real Cool Time -- ' "Groovin' with the band" - The memoirs of Miss Leonie Creemcheeze' -- 13. Echo Beach -- 14. Down South, Jukin' -- Part Four: Traps for Troubadours -- 'How they threw it all away', Nick Du Pont, contribution to Allan Jones (ed.), War Stories: Despatches from the Rock and Roll Front Line, 1983 -- 15. Tales from the Riverbank -- 'BAD VIBES IN TEXAS - On the Road with the Helium Kids', Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 3 September 1975 -- 16. 1977 (i) -- For Immediate Release -- Five minutes with Garth Dangerfield', Sounds, 23 March 1977 -- 17. 1977 (ii) -- A Close Encounter with the Don', Mojo, October 1998 -- 'Shard, Donald Aloysius', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2005 -- Part Five: Bringing It All Back Home -- 18. 2007 -- Giant Inflatables: The Helium Kids: Complete Recordings 1964-77 (Cherry Red)', Jon Savage, Uncut, October 2007 -- The rain sweeps in.