George Orwell
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A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned--a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. Available in April
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19960418
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Since its publication 50 years ago, this deceptively simple fable about an uprising of farm animals against their human masters has become one of the most controversial, widely-known books ever written. This illustrated, 50th anniversary edition features 40 striking halftone and full-color illustrations by renowned illustrator Ralph Steadman, best known for his illustrations in Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.