The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984
Published by: Picador
Dorian Lynskey writes about music, film, books and politics for publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the New Statesman, GQ, Billboard, Empire, and Mojo. His first book, 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, was published in 2011. A study of 33 pivotal songs with a political message, it was NME’s Book of the Year and a ‘Music Book of the Year’ in the Daily Telegraph. He hosts the Remainiacs podcast.
Some will say that a book about George Orwell’s most famous book should not be in the running for the George Orwell Prize. My response to them would be: read The Ministry of Truth then tell me if you still feel the same way. It’s about the writing of 1984 but also, somehow, about everything that’s happened since and about what we are thinking about right now."
