I finished Burmese Days today. It kept my attention pretty intensely on and off for the past 48 hours or so. Inspired by Orwell's days in the Burmese Police during the British Empire, it painted a pretty bleak and cruel picture of what empire can do to people. The main character tries to appreciate ...

I'm not familiar with any of those books, which would you recommend to start? I have read only Down and Out In Paris and London , which I thought was fantastic. I did read Burmese Days years ago, but the memory has faded. I'm planning on reading them in order (which was another reason that I wanted...

I know you'll all be terribly disappointed, but this thread will finally come to an end. The book has arrived and it is the much sought after cover. I took this photo of it myself. It does exist. OrwellClergy_01.jpg And here it is among the other Orwell volumes with the same (now old) cover format. ...

Well, serendipity played a role. I went to an online site just 15 minutes ago and the book with the right cover was showing for sale. I ordered it immediately and I think I probably won't believe it until it arrives and I see it in person. I'll post pictures when it arrives and you can all finally b...

I feel like I should keep this thread updated to determine just how long it takes to find something that I thought would be incredibly easy. Still no sign of that particular version of that book. I have seen countless upon countless examples of the book itself, of course, but that particular cover s...

The ISBN on the back of the photo above won't help me after all, because it appears to match the ISBN 10 of the most recent cover: 0156180650. So it goes. Oh well. So it appears I will have to go by pictures. Some of the listings on website have the most recent cover and say "Stock Photo: Cover...

A copy of the long searched for book with the desired cover came up today in a random Google search. I had performed this same search dozens of times and it had never appeared before. I would have definitely seen it, since it included a photo of the cover. Clicking on the image took me to a site cal...

Have you tried to use Google lens? That's a good suggestion. First I had to learn about Google Lens. I had never heard of it. I downloaded the app, scanned the picture from the post above of the book cover and it sadly didn't come up with any matches. That was a really good suggestion, though. Than...

Almost two months later, and I'm still looking.

I did not think that locating a specific cover of an otherwise easily obtained book would prove so onerous.

I guess I'll just keep looking. How long will it take before I give up?

Social media will suck you down into a vortex that you may never escape from. Better to avoid it, in my opinion. Or at least keep it at a safe enough distance so it doesn't become consuming.