How George Orwell Predicted Donald Trump
Prescient<p>The White House’s embrace of ‘alternative facts’ evokes the managed truth Orwell described in <i>1984</i> and <i>Animal Farm</i>—a perfect example of the Big Lie backed by Big Power.</p>
How ‘1984’ Became an Overnight Sensation
ExcerptGeorge Orwell’s classic novel sold well when it appeared in 1949, but ironically it took a now legendary live TV performance in 1954 to make the book required reading everywhere.
Mantel Books the Booker
Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall won the Man Booker Prize today. The Daily Beast looks back at the past decade of honorees, from Yann Martel’s Life of Pi to Aravind Adiga’s White Tiger.