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.
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Bowling is a splendid example of Thoreau's observation that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation."
Coming Up for Air
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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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783753145112 |
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| Publisher: | epubli |
| Publication date: | 01/09/2021 |
| Sold by: | Bookwire |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 276 |
| File size: | 452 KB |
| Age Range: | 1 - 18 Years |
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