This text delves into the complex life of the man who gave us the great anti-utopias of modern literature. The first biographer to draw on a close study of the new edition of George Orwell’s Complete Works , Meyers uses searching interviews with Orwell’s family and friends, and unpublished material in the Orwell Archive. Meyers reveals the human failings of this creative visionary and offers a dark - but nuanced - portrait of the legendary figure.