At age nineteen young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India dreading the assignment
ahead. Along with several other young conscripts he would be trained for three years as a
servant of the British Empire overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social
racial and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local
languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing all of this
while grappling with his own self-worth his sense that he was not cut out for this is soon
overwhelming for the young Blair. Eventually his clashes with his superiors and the drama
that unfolds in this hot beautiful land will change him forever.--
