1948 (Paperback)
Andy Croft, Illustrated by Martin Rowson1948 is a comic verse-novel, auaciously rewriting George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four in Pushkin sonnets. Set during the 1948 Olympics, it offers a radical alternative history of the Cold War, in which Britain has a Labour-Communist coalition government, the Royal Family has fled to Rhodesia and the US threatens to impose an economic blockade on Britain. Featuring cartoons drawn especially for the book, 1948 combines hard-boiled detective novels and Pushkin sonnetry, film-noir and Ealing comedy.
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1948 is a comic verse-novel, auaciously rewriting George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four in Pushkin sonnets. Set during the 1948 Olympics, it offers a radical alternative history of the Cold War, in which Britain has a Labour-Communist coalition government, the Royal Family has fled to Rhodesia and the US threatens to impose an economic blockade on Britain. Featuring cartoons drawn especially for the book, 1948 combines hard-boiled detective novels and Pushkin sonnetry, film-noir and Ealing comedy.
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Imprint | Five Leaves Publications |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | April 2012 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | May 2012 |
Authors | Andy Croft |
Illustrators | Martin Rowson |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Volumes | 6 |
Pages | 90 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-907869-32-7 |
Barcode | 9781907869327 |
Categories | |
LSN | 1-907869-32-8 |
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