{"product_id":"burmese-days-by-george-orwell-9780141395432","title":"Burmese Days","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrwell's first novel, a devastating account of colonial rule in Burma, in a stunning new cover look for his great works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, \u003cem\u003eBurmese Days\u003c\/em\u003e describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when 'after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally only a \"subject\" people, an inferior people with black faces'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst the prevailing orthodoxy, Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr Veraswami, a black enthusiast for Empire. The doctor needs help. U Po Kyin, Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kyauktada, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is European patronage - membership of the hitherto all-white Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Flory prevaricates, beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen arrives in Upper Burma from Paris. At last, after years of 'solitary hell', romance and marriage appear to offer Flory an escape from the 'lie' of the 'pukka sahib pose'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46486529507564,"sku":"9780141395432","price":19.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8756303482238.jpg?v=1748316787","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/burmese-days-by-george-orwell-9780141395432","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}