The Man Who Would Become Orwell. On Paul Theroux’s Novel 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑚𝑎 𝑆𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑏

Eric Arthur Blair, the 19-year-old Eaton graduate who would become George Orwell, arrived in Burma (Myanmar) in 1922. For the next five years, he worked his way up the Imperial Police hierarchy, eventually becoming an assistant police superintendent. His posts took him to towns and villages infested with mosquitos, brothels, nationalists, thieves, and roaming armed gangs.