1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four

Ravaged
by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its name to Airstrip
One and become part of Oceania - one of the three totalitarian blocks
dominating the world - ruled by a mysterious leader called Big Brother who
keeps the population in thrall through strict surveillance and brutal police
repression. In a society where the individual is suppressed and turned into
an unperson for not conforming, and where not only personal thought, but
also historical record and language itself are constantly being manipulated
by the ruling regime, Ministry of Truth worker Winston Smith tries to make
sense of the rebellious thoughts and passions that are stirring inside him,
and finds himself impotent against the inexorable machine that surrounds him and
threatens to crush him at any time.

Arguably the greatest dystopian novel of all time and the most influential
post-war work of fiction - which enriched the English language with words
such as Newspeak , doublethink and thoughtcrime - Nineteen Eighty-Four
is a riveting read and a groundbreaking exploration of mass surveillance,
censorship and mind control, which has a deep resonance with the world we
live in.