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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . . . 1984 is the year in which it
happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania,
the Party's power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and
thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the
Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party's department
for propaganda, Winston Smith's job is to edit the past. Over time,
the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold
of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he
writes the words 'DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER', his personal rebellion
begins . . .
'A twisted masterpiece' Guardian 1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from
power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very
British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels
private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take
on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went
missing. It's a decision Wolf will very shortly regret. For in
another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish
pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is
Auschwitz. Prescient, darkly funny and wholly original, the
award-winning A Man Lies Dreaming is a modern fable for our time.
This is an insightful and fascinating portrait into the life of one
of cinema's greatest actors. Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a
Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady, Michael Caine's life has
been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes and
fighting on National Service, to winning two Oscars and being
knighted by the Queen. With more than eighty films to his name, he
has starred in some of the classics of modern cinema: as an action
anti-hero in Get Carter, a Cockney lothario in Alfie, and a
disillusioned alcoholic academic in Educating Rita. He is an
enduring model of British cool. This authorised biography charts
the amazing highs and lows in his turbulent ride to fame, fortune
and respect. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged
audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and
as low as 30 per cent with characters and plot lines removed.
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