The Lost Boy

Quote of the day

I finally finished reading George Owerll’s ‘Burmese Days’. It is a fantastic book, very funny and scathing in its narrative, and also rather depressing and melancholic throughout. I wanted to quote a small section from it, because it made me laugh so much. I think this must be the best introductory description of a character I have ever read. It was not even a character of any real significance:

Then a young man entered the lounge, unbuttoning a long raincoat as he came. He was a stout, rollicking, chuckle-headed youth of about twenty-five, with fat fresh cheeks, butter coloured hair, no forehead, and, as it turned out afterwards, a deafening laugh.

What a fantastic way with words Orwell has at times.