{"product_id":"burma-sahib","title":"Burma Sahib","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen by John Irving in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Paul Theroux has exploited this biographical lacuna with great shrewdness and gusto... his fictional account of Blair's life there [Burma] is a valid and entirely credible attempt to add flesh to the skeletal facts we have of this time. [...]this novel is one of his finest, in a long and redoubtable oeuvre.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Angel Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e comes a riveting new novel of literary historical fiction exploring one of English literature's most beloved and controversial figures--George Orwell--and the early years as an officer in colonial Burma that transformed him from Eric Blair, the British Raj policeman, into Orwell the anticolonial writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt age nineteen, young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India, dreading the assignment ahead. Along with several other young conscripts, he would be trained for three years as a servant of the British Empire, overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social, racial, and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing all of this while grappling with his own self-worth, his sense that he was not cut out for this, is soon overwhelming for the young Blair. Eventually, his clashes with his superiors, and the drama that unfolds in this evocative biographical novel, will change him forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943544127719,"sku":"9780063297555","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_aed248fc-e8c1-442a-897a-606da199b265.jpg?v=1775325557","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/burma-sahib","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}