Sunday, December 28, 2014

1972, drinking in the Bacchi Bar alone…updated

…where he contracted dengue fever in 1927. Entitled to a leave in England that year, he was allowed to return in July due to his illness. While on leave in England and on holiday with his family in Cornwall in September 1927, he reappraised his life.

George Orwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

…he drank himself into a hospital during the dengue fever…