Paul Theroux’s 30th novel, about George Orwell’s years as a policeman ... The longest of them, the 1934 novel Burmese Days, is gripping, if a trifle melodramatic. If Theroux’s speculations ...

Orwell, before the war ... There is a novel of his called “Burmese Days,” a title deceptively suggestive of reminiscences by a retired official, which is certainly one of the few first ...

“We will never know how George Orwell would feel about being commemorated ... He drew on these experiences for his first novel, Burmese Days (1934). About a decade later, Orwell made a name ...