A review by kamisch
1985 by Anthony Burgess

4.0

This book has two parts. The first part is a well-reasoned and insightful critique of George Orwell's book «Nineteen Eighty-Four» showing that it is not so much a plausible forecast of the future as rather a reflection of the socio-political situation at the time of its writing. The second part is a piece of dystopian futuristic fiction that is also a reflection of the socio-political situation at the time of its writing. The attentive reader of the first part will easily spot the flaws of the second part.