When the timber merchant John Flory befriends the Indian doctor Veraswami, he soon finds himself alienated from his British compatriots - and even from the woman he hopes will become his wife - as they cannot countenance the idea of racial equality.

Meanwhile, the unscrupulous official U Po Kyin does everything to advance his own station - no matter who he may hurt in the process.

Based on Orwell's own experiences as a policeman in Burma in the 1920s, it presents a shocking and revealing portrait of British colonial society and the terrible effects of empire on both the colonisers and the colonised.

Product Information:

• ISBN: 9781398801547
• Author: George Orwell
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 12.9 x 19.7 x 2.9cm