1984 (Essential Orwell Classics)

George Orwell describes a grey totalitarian future ruled by Big Brother and his wide network of agents including the Thought Police - a world where news is fabricated according to the authorities wishes and people live lukewarm lives by rote. Winston Smith a hero who lacks heroic attributes merely wants truth and decency. But he realises there is no hope for him in a society where privacy is non-existent and individuals with unconventional thoughts are brainwashed or executed. Even though the year 1949 has passed George Orwells nightmare picture of the world we were creating remains the great modern classic portrait of a negative Utopia.