One of the writer’s small masterpieces, a novel completely different from “1984” and “Animal Farm”, which will introduce you to a different Orwell - a master of psychological realism. This book is permeated with the spirit of England during the calm period between the two world wars - a deceptive calm, pre-storm, thoroughly imbued with a premonition of impending disaster. A book in which the sarcasm inherent in Orwell coexists with genuine lyricism and realistic depth of images. The realization that his entire previous life was one complete mistake will one day force George Bowling, the main character of the novel, to return to the city of his childhood to once again experience long-forgotten feelings of happiness and freedom and indulge in the only hobby left in his life - fishing...