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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ISBN-13: | 9789354620829 |
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Publisher: | True Sign Publishing House |
Publication date: | 04/20/2023 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Sales rank: | 754,796 |
File size: | 375 KB |
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