George Orwell

Orwell`s `1984` back as bestseller amid focus on `alternative facts`

Orwell`s `1984` back as bestseller amid focus on `alternative facts`

Published 01/02/2017

Laura Wood of Skoob Books poses for a photograph with a copy of George Orwell's '1984' in central London June 9, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville

George Orwell's "1984" novel about a dystopian future under an authoritarian regime is back as a bestseller and being reprinted decades after it was written as readers grapple with Donald Trump administration's defense of "alternative facts."

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