Coming Up For Air (Paperback)

George Orwell

ISBN 10: 0156196255 / ISBN 13: 9780156196253

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, Boston, 2021

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Paperback. George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF. AUTHOR: George Orwell (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works. Coming Up for Air is the classic, comic novel from George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780156196253

Bibliographic Details

Title: Coming Up For Air (Paperback)

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, Boston

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Paperback

Condition: new

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF.

Book Description:

Volume 7 from The Complete Works of George Orwell, available for the first time.