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History

In the Future

by Lynette McGuarr
February–March 1984, no. 58

The Obsession of Oscar Oswald by Frank Hardy

Pascoe Publishing, $5.95 pb, 214 pp

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In Carlton the graffiti’s already been around for months: ‘Oscar Oswald is right ... 1984’. Now even if you’ve never heard of Oscar Oswald you’ll know one thing about him and that is that he's not George Orwell ‘If Oscar Oswald is right in 1984,’ the graffiti might easily be saying, ‘then George Orwell must have had it all terribly wrong in 1949’.

 


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The Obsession of Oscar Oswald by Frank Hardy

Pascoe Publishing, $5.95 pb, 214 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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