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I've read this 3-4 times and can't state enough that it's my favorite Orwell book (haven't read them all, but you know).

In my opinion it's much better than any of Orwell's fiction.

I concur. This was on Chris Beiser's "Alpha List" (he asked Twitter what books no one else would recommend that would yield alpha; so far it's a good set of books).

We had it in English Literature class at some point. Also Animal Farm by him. His 1984, I think I read on my own. I heard from older people that when 1984 rolled around, many people bought the book, thinking the date was meant literally.

It's called "dogsbody". Savor that term.

One of his most crucial, but under-appreciated, works.