Colin Underwood

A wonderful book full of invention. It veers between the distant past and an all too believable present. A great kaleidoscope of metaphor and imagery. It's a whole album of readable stories which you might believe or not!

This is a book about the meaning of life and the emptiness of death. It is also about the danger of politics and power. It is a poetic description of what might make our deaths significant and our lives worthwhile.

Utterly convincing in its portrayal of Orwell, the book is also believable in its description of an empire based on greed.

A moving and, at times, very funny allegory for adults.