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To: nickcarraway
Here is his best nonfiction:

A Nice Cup of Tea

Shooting an Elephant

A Hanging

And there's this:


Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool

2 posted on 08/20/2025 9:57:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
The Road to Wigan Pier

8 posted on 08/20/2025 10:37:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: nickcarraway

What was the book about a small country that declared war on a big country to get defeated and rebuilt, but the big country surrendered to the little guy? Did he write that or was it just a movie? My mother used to talk about it when I was very young.


9 posted on 08/20/2025 10:50:22 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: nickcarraway

‘Shooting an Elephant’ made me cry


21 posted on 08/21/2025 5:53:21 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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