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Book Description
COMING UP FOR AIR is about coping. Orwell hooks a character from among the struggling middle class and, close-up, lets us watch him wiggle. George (Tubby) Bowling is a "fat, middle-aged bloke with false teeth and a red face." He sells insurance, a task at which he grimly excels. The father of two ingrates and husband to a slattern, he dutifully makes mortgage payments on their dreary home. As the years roll by, he comes to feel like a hostage to his family. He regards them as wardens, himself a prisoner.
Bowling is a splendid example of Thoreau's observation that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation."
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3 stars 2 stars 1 star - Paperback 278 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0156196255
- ISBN-13: 9780156196253
- Publisher: Harcourt
- Pub date: Jun 01, 1969
- Dimensions: 21 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Audio Cassette
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