' Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing & painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool' The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as ' My Country Right or Left' ' How the Poor Die' & ' Such Such were the Joys' his memoir of the horrors of public school as well as discussions of Shakespeare sleeping rough boys' weeklies & a spirited defence of English cooking Opinionated uncompromising provocative & hugely entertaining all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject A collection of witty & incisive non-fiction George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant
Includes:: an introduction by Jeremy Paxman in Penguin Modern Classics